Abstract
<p>This paper examines the chronicle of terrorism in Indonesia and the relationship between terrorism and Islamic militancy in this nation. This research focused on bombing cases from 2001 to 2012 Data was gathered through documentary research including primary and secondary resources. This research shows that after the fall of the Suharto regime in 1998, there were bomb attacks on various targets and militant extremists were able to return to Indonesia after long period of exile abroad. They started again their activities including disseminating their radical ideology, building networks and recruiting new members in Indonesia, as well as preparing for militant actions. The perpetrators of these terror attacks were mostly associated with the Islamic radical groups like <em>Jemaah Islamiah</em> and <em>Majlis Mujahidin Indonesia</em>. These two militant groups had a close relationship with <em>Darul Islam</em>, an organization founded during the colonial era that aimed to establish an Islamic state and to apply <em>Syariah</em> as a state law. In addition, both groups became a political window for al-Qaeda in Indonesia. </p>
Highlights
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This paper has objectives to answer these two questions namely; how did terrorism evolve in Indonesia and what is the relationship between terrorism and radical Islamic militancy in Indonesia?
The chronicle of terrorism in Indonesia dated from the colonial past of this country
Summary
After the fall of president Soeharto in 1998, there was a sea change in Indonesian politics. In 2011, a bomb blast occurred at a mosque in Cirebon West Java and at a church in Solo Central Java (Kompas, 2010: 1; Vivanews, 2011), and the recent bomb exploded in Thamrin Street Jakarta in 2016 These bombing attacks were linked to militant Islamic group such as Majlis Mujahidin Indonesia and Jemaah Islamiyah (Barton, 2004: 78-79; Singh, 2010: 47; Jones, 2005: 3; Sukma, 2003: 341; Fealy, 2005: 25). JI and its militias groups, Laskar Jundullah and Laskar Mujahidin, were involved in fighting against Christians in the Maluku and Poso conflict (Chrouch, 2005: 40) The incident of those terror attacks and the involvement of people affiliated with the Islamic radical groups in such actions are evidences that Indonesia faced a serious internal challenge from terrorists and Islamic militancy. This paper has objectives to answer these two questions namely; how did terrorism evolve in Indonesia and what is the relationship between terrorism and radical Islamic militancy in Indonesia?
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