Pergeseran Peran Perempuan dalam Aksi Terorisme di Indonesia

Abstract

Currently, terrorist activities are no longer solely committed by men in Indonesia. Over the last five years, there has been a two-and-a-half-fold surge in female terrorism in Indonesia. Many of the terrorists used children in suicide bombs. This article review the changing role and involvement of women and children in terrorist acts in Indonesia. The study employed a qualitative method with a case study approach. Atlas.ti software version 8 was used to analyse the data. The findings indicated an upsurge in the engagement of women and children in terrorist acts. Female terrorists are motivated by emotions and personal issues. The radicalisation of female terrorists is impacted more by social media, particularly securely encrypted Telegrams. Women have brainwashed their children to participate in terrorist acts actively. Women also contribute to strengthening the notion of terror believed by their spouses. The findings indicate that several factors contribute to the active participation of female terrorists in Indonesia, including the search for self-identity, gender egalitarianism, inspiration from previous female terrorists, social isolation among non-Muslim migrant worker communities, and emotional narratives constructed by unscrupulous radicalism propagandists. This discovery is crucial for the rehabilitation of female terrorists. The rehabilitation programme for female terrorists is predicted to be more effective by establishing tailored programmes based on women's characteristics. Thus, women's active participation in terrorist acts might be decreased, and ultimately, few children of the nation's successors are exposed to terrorism through their mothers. Furthermore, no longer do male terrorists receive ideological support from their wives or mothers.