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...allocated to J.I. in Indonesia, Hambali said, $15,000 was earmarked to support the families of the jailed Bali plotters. The remaining $30,000 was to be used for terrorist attacks. Hambali speculated that some of it was spent on the August attack on the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta that killed 12 people...
What many citizens don't realize is how much the country's spiritual attitudes are changing, says Jamhari Makruf, executive director of the Center for Study of Islam and Society at Jakarta's Islam Universitas Negeri. He has conducted surveys that reveal a rising religious consciousness in a country struggling to find its democratic footing since the downfall of dictator Suharto in 1998. Some people are adopting more puritanical versions of Islamic practice, the surveys show. But most are finding solace in characteristically tolerant forms that blend the Koran with local traditions like Javanese mysticism. Until the bombings, Makruf didn...
Though roughly 90 Jemaah Islamiah members have been detained in Indonesia, Sidney Jones, head of the Jakarta office of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group, says, "Every time we've done research, we find out more about how extensive it actually is." She believes Jemaah Islamiah has "thousands of followers." But unless internal sectarian strife flares anew or Iraq becomes the kind of rallying point for jihad that Afghanistan was, Indonesia's militant radicals will have to convince potential recruits that attacking Western targets at home is an honorable way to fight the infidel. The Marriott bombing did little...
...Staying Power As your story on the bombing in Jakarta made clear [Aug. 18-25], Islamic terrorist organizations have shown once more that they have not been defeated by the global war against terrorism. Otherwise they wouldn't have been able to damage a luxury hotel in the heart of Indonesia's capital. Is it really necessary to maintain the risky fight against Islamic fundamentalists? They can appear everywhere, they can hide anywhere and they're constantly filling their ranks with new, young and motivated members. It seems senseless to react with violence. It would be much more useful...
...CONVICTED. Abubakar Ba'asyir, 65, for being an accomplice in crimes against the security of Indonesia, forgery and violating immigration laws; in Jakarta. A five-judge panel sentenced Abubakar to four years in jail but acquitted him of other charges...