Abstract
The phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters’ movement to Syria to join ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) has received enormous attention in the world. Tens of thousands of individuals are moving from various parts of the world, including Indonesia, to join the Caliphate that ISIS is fighting for. There are still many reasons for the departure of foreign terrorist fighters to Syria, so this study will examine those that have not been revealed before. This is a qualitative research project using in-depth interviews as data collection techniques. There are 20 speakers who were foreign terrorist fighters but had returned to Indonesia. Just World Theory is used as a framework for thinking in this research. The findings show that not only the issue of religious ideology is the reason for the departure of foreign terrorist fighters to Syria but also the illusion of utopian life they imagined abroad. The findings of this study categorize the respondents' answers in seven ways, i.e. fair and prosperous life, verses and hadith, helping the cause of fellow Muslim who are being wronged, heaven, khilafah, living life like in the age of the prophet, and the order of hijrah.
Highlights
Terrorism has become a global issue that has caused extensive loss of life and economic resources. (Institute for Economic and Peace, 2016)
In 2017, the Global Terrorism Index highlighted that terrorist attacks carried out throughout the world are dominated by ISIS (Institute of Economic and Peace, 2018)
Interviews were conducted with 20 foreign terrorist fighters from Indonesia who left for Syria
Summary
Terrorism has become a global issue that has caused extensive loss of life and economic resources. (Institute for Economic and Peace, 2016). Terrorism has become a global issue that has caused extensive loss of life and economic resources. ISIS or The Islamic State of Iraq and Sham is one of the terrorist groups that has received widespread attention in the latest development of global terror. ISIS’s objective is to build an Islamic Caliphate in the world (Tucker, 2014). In 2017, the Global Terrorism Index highlighted that terrorist attacks carried out throughout the world are dominated by ISIS (Institute of Economic and Peace, 2018). The attacks were carried out by various terrorist groups from various parts of the world. From 2014 to 2018 ISIS was able to show itself as the most established terror group with the broadest and fastest influence
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