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benarnews
April 27, 2018
He was rearrested and again imprisoned in 2010 on charges that he set up a training camp for the now-disbanded militant group Jemaah Islamiah (JI) in ... It was at the maximum-security Nusakambangan prison that Aman met Abu Bakar Bashir, the spiritual leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah terrorists whoÃâà...
benarnews
April 25, 2018
There is no doubt that Malaysian authorities have been far more proactive in dealing with IS than they were with Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) in the 2000s. There has been far greater cooperation with regional security services, and Malaysia has established close working relations with Turkey, which has returnedÃâà...
The Asia Sentinel
April 24, 2018
The attack exposed the lingering threat from homegrown militants in a country that has largely avoided the scourge of Islamist terrorism since the collapse of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) in the late 2000s. In the years since, several newly-formed groups along with JI's offshoots have remained active beneath theÃâà...
The Sun Daily
April 20, 2018
... on the probability of a BN-PAS coalition government after GE14. PAS, which rules Kelantan, is going into GE14 on a coalition platform called Gagasan Sejahtera that also comprises Parti Ikatan Bangsa Malaysia (Ikatan), Barisan Jemaah Islamiah Se-Malaysia (Berjasa) and several NGOs. — BernamaÃâà...
The Manila Times
April 12, 2018
Asked if the IS and other terrorist groups were able to gain foothold in the region, Saeed replied that they were trying to gain foothold. He did not elaborate. What is clear, he said, was that Southeast Asia was in the radar of IS and other groups like Al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah, which is trying to regroup.
benarnews
April 12, 2018
Nations also needed to guard against the threat that IS and other militant groups “do not reconstitute, they don't strengthen, and they don't continue to inspire others to commit acts of violence,” he said, adding Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and Abu Sayyaf should not be allowed to take their place. “We can't let themÃâà...
The Australian
April 3, 2018
It was in Nusakambangan that Kurnia said he understood Aman convinced Abu Bakar Bashir, the ageing cleric and spiritual leader of the Jemaah Islamiah militant group behind the deadly Bali bombings, to pledge allegiance to ISIS. “That's what I learned from my colleagues. It was widely discussed onÃâà...
Malay Mail
April 1, 2018
“We are confident it will help us,” he added, noting that the party would contest 45 of the 59 state seats with the other 14 seats allocated for its partners — Parti Ikatan Bangsa Malaysia (Ikatan), Barisan Jemaah Islamiah SeMalaysia (Berjasa) and Parti Cinta Malaysia (PCM). The candidates, added Razman,Ãâà...
Yahoo Singapore News
March 31, 2018
“We are confident it will help us,” he added, noting that the party would contest 45 of the 59 state seats with the other 14 seats allocated for its partners — Parti Ikatan Bangsa Malaysia (Ikatan), Barisan Jemaah Islamiah SeMalaysia (Berjasa) and Parti Cinta Malaysia (PCM). The candidates, added Razman,Ãâà...
The Diplomat
March 30, 2018
Therefore, this misalignment in the religious interpretation between the transnational terrorist groups and the Malay Muslims there serves as an obstacle to jihadist influence. The insurgent leaders are also not prepared to work with these transnational jihadists. Jemaah Islamiyah had previously tried to workÃâà...
Rappler
March 28, 2018
Mendoza was also instrumental in the discovery and study of the Rajah Sulaiman Movement, which was linked to Southeast Asia terror organization Jemaah Islamiah. Before retiring as a police chief superintendent, he was assigned to the PNP Intelligence Group and headed the provincial police ofÃâà...
Macau Business
March 22, 2018
BNPT falls under Indonesia's Co-ordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, and according to its website most of its leaders come straight from the military ranks. It was created in the wake of the 2002 Bali bombings conducted by radical group Jemaah Islamiyah, which killed 202 people. A similar meetingÃâà...
Qantara.de
March 21, 2018
The plans were drawn up. Singaporean members of the Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist network in 2001 would rig six trucks with three tons of ammonium nitrate each in a warehouse. The plan called for six bombs to be detonated simultaneously at embassies and U.S. naval bases around the country. Just oneÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 14, 2018
Self-radicalised people, who tend to be influenced by material online, are different from the wave of Jemaah Islamiah (JI) detainees caught here after the Sept 11 attacks in 2001, said Mr Shanmugam, who is also Law Minister. Among the JI detainees, generally recruited directly by the South-east AsianÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
March 13, 2018
Singapore has had less success rehabilitating self-radicalised individuals than Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) detainees, said Mr Shanmugam at a retreat of the Religious Rehabilitation Group (RRG). To date, only 25 per cent of self-radicalised individuals detained since 2007 have been released, with theÃâà...
Free Malaysia Today
March 12, 2018
Instead, it has decided to join forces under the Gagasan Sejahtera pact with Parti Ikatan Bangsa Malaysia (Ikatan), Barisan Jemaah Islamiah Se-Malaysia (Berjasa) and Parti Cinta Malaysia (PCM). Last week, Maria announced that she was quitting electoral watchdog Bersih 2.0 and said she would offerÃâà...
The Sun Daily
March 12, 2018
While declining to disclose further details, he said the other parties within the coalition - Parti Ikatan Bangsa Malaysia (Ikatan), Barisan Jemaah Islamiah Se-Malaysia (Berjasa) - were very cooperative during seat negotiations. "There weren't many problems during our negotiations. In fact, we are confidentÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 5, 2018
Since Bashir has already been convicted and is serving his 15 years' jail sentence, the 79-year-old Jemaah Islamiah (JI) spiritual leader is not qualified to even file for the request and be considered, Mr Adek Kusmanto, a spokesman at the law and human rights ministry, told The Straits Times on MondayÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 5, 2018
JAKARTA - Indonesia has decided against transferring the ailing spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), Abu Bakar Bashir, out of jail and under house arrest, chief security minister Wiranto said according to reports. Wiranto said the government would instead transfer the radical cleric from a jail in Bogor toÃâà...
Inquirer.net
February 27, 2018
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The arrest on Sunday of the wife of slain international terrorist Zulkifli Bin Hir, or Marwan, has weakened the Southeast Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), according to the Northern Mindanao police. Police, however, were still on high alert for retaliatory attacks by JI andÃâà...
Rappler
February 24, 2018
MANILA, Philippines (3rd UPDATE) – The widow of notorious Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leader Marwan has been arrested on Sunday, February 25, the Philippine National Police announced. Juromee Dongon was arrested by police operatives in an operation in Tubod, Lanao del Norte early Sunday morning.
The Straits Times
February 15, 2018
Police allege Aman gave the directive for the Jakarta attack, and had ordered his followers to mount the strike from prison, where he was serving a nine-year jail term for funding a Jemaah Islamiah paramilitary training camp in Aceh. During an impromptu check, the authorities had found several mobileÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
February 8, 2018
The four men are: Muhammad Zamri Abdullah, 36, Zakaria Rosdan, 27, Muhammad Khairul Sofri Osman, 33, and Jemaah Islamiyah member Mohd Azmi Ali, aged 49. MHA said Zamri was detained under ISA in December 2007. He was radicalised through radical propaganda in publications, videos andÃâà...
TODAYonline
November 9, 2017
A file photo showing a massive manhunt for Mas Selamat Kastari, the leader of the Singapore Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) network, who escaped from the Whitley Road Detention Centre on Feb 27, 2008. The arrest of Abu Thalha Samad, a 25-year-old Singaporean member of the JI, puts JI under scrutinyÃâà...
Free Malaysia Today
November 9, 2017
Jemaah-Islamiyah-(JI) KUALA LUMPUR: Terror group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) is regrouping and on the brink of emerging as a threat again. It is slowly consolidating support and strengthening its militant wing, according to analysts. It is preparing itself and waiting to strike when the time was right, JasminderÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
September 13, 2017
Al Qaeda's Rohingya call to arms could revive Jemaah Islamiyah: Security officials. This photograph taken on September 11, 2017 shows ... “Violence against Rohingyas, coupled with Al Qaeda's statement, has revived Jemaah Islamiyah. Cells (linked to Al Qaeda) which were dead have now come back toÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
September 13, 2017
Al Qaeda's Rohingya call to arms could revive Jemaah Islamiyah: Security officials. This photograph taken on September 11, 2017 shows ... “Violence against Rohingyas, coupled with Al Qaeda's statement, has revived Jemaah Islamiyah. Cells (linked to Al Qaeda) which were dead have now come back toÃâà...
The Nation
December 31, 1999
... be fair to them, there is nothing to suggest that the ongoing separatist insurgency in this historically contested region has been penetrated by IS or radical Muslim terrorist groups like Jemaah Islamiyah or al-Qaeda. But while the nature of the conflict in Thailand's far South is still very much ethno-nationalistÃâà...
The Edge Markets MY
December 31, 1999
Part of the struggle against Muslim extremism in the realm of education involves the critical study of extremist ideologies that have emerged among the Muslims, particularly those associated with the advocates of violence in Al-Qaeda, Jemaah Islamiah and other so-called Salafi and Jihadi groups.
Philippine Star
December 31, 1999
Carlito Galvez Jr., commanding officer of the military's Western Mindanao Command, said the regional neighbors managed to make gains against the Jemaah Islamiyah terror network through a 'soft hand' approach. "It is not only in the Philippines that this is being done. Maybe this is the first time [here].
Malay Mail
December 31, 1999
“Countries that used foreign languages in their education used a longer time, there was a loss of time, and cannot produce sufficient academics,” he said after launching the manifesto for PAS and its allies Parti Ikatan Bangsa Malaysia (Ikatan) and Barisan Jemaah Islamiah Se-Malaysia (Berjasa). “It doesn'tÃâà...
The Sun Daily
December 31, 1999
Abdul Hadi was explaining on the proposal by the coalition — comprising PAS, Parti Ikatan Bangsa Malaysia (Ikatan), Barisan Jemaah Islamiah Se-Malaysia (Berjasa) — to remove GST in its recently-released manifesto, should it gain federal power. The Marang MP claimed that taxes were not necessaryÃâà...
Voice of America
December 31, 1999
A string of bombings by al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiah in 2002 in the tourist island of Bali killed more than 200 people. More recently, the rise of Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria and the Maute group in neighboring Philippines have led to hundreds of Indonesians leaving the country to join the terrorÃâà...
The Straits Times
December 31, 1999
The Indonesian government is mulling over a plan to allow the country's most influential militant cleric, Abu Bakar Bashir, to leave jail for good and be placed in home detention due to his deteriorating health, local media reported. The Jemaah Islamiah (JI) spiritual leader was rushed to hospital on ThursdayÃâà...
The Straits Times
December 31, 1999
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The arrest on Sunday (Feb 25) of the wife of slain Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli Hir, or Marwan, has weakened the South-east Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiah (JI), according to the Northern Mindanao police. PoliceÃâà...
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