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JI, publishes a similar but different magazine called Ar-Risalah. Another magazine published by members of MMI, Al Muhajrun, focuses particularly on stories of jihad in the Middle East. MMI also has its own publishing house, Wihdah Press. Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia publishes several lines of books, as well as the tabloid newspaper Suara Islam and the monthly magazine al-Wa’ie. Most of the publishing ventures directly linked to JI are head-quartered in Solo and led by graduates of Ngruki’s Pesantren al-Mu’min. They are often associated with the Islamic Publishers Union (SPI), and their publications are listed on the SPI website at: solobook.wordpress.com. In addition to JI websites, the Muslim Brotherhood movement in Indonesia, which is closely associated with the PKS, runs the popular website www.eraintermedia.com. MMI members are also active in a variety of internet publishing initiatives including MMI’s official website, www.majelismujahidin.or.id, and the related website www.laskarmujahidin.wordpress.com. Some websites, such as www.anshar.net, founded by Agung Prabowo and associated with jihadi internet specialist Fais Indrawan, focus on translating jihadi texts between Arabic and Indonesian. Anshar.net was also closely linked to JI masterminds Noordin Muhammad Top and Imam Samudra, with the latter running the website for a time in mid-2005 from his laptop whilst in Krobokan prison in Central Java. Key publishing houses linked to jihadi circles include Pustaka Al Wustho, associated with 1992 Ngruki graduates Junaidi Afwan and Hawin Murtadho. One of the first JI publishing houses was al-Alaq run by Ikhsan Miarso, the former leader of JI’s Solo subdivision and an early graduate of JI/DI’s full threeyear training program in Afghanistan/Pakistan. Al-Alaq began publishing in 1994 when it translated the works of Abdullah Azzam and today is associated with classic jihadi texts and related academic volumes of a serious nature. It has published works by the Saudi cleric Sa’id bin Ali bin Wahf al-Qahtani and the Syrian jihadi writer Abu Bashur al-Tartousi. The Arafah Group has come to publishing relatively recently. In 2006, the JI publisher published its first title under the Media Islamika imprint, an imprint devoted exclusively to jihadi texts, when it published Abdullah Azzam’s Join the Caravan of Martyrs. It then published the works of Saudi cleric Salman al-Audah and Egyptian jihadi mastermind, and close associate of Ayman al-Zawahiri, Abdul Qadir bin Abdul Aziz. It has since published works by Ayman al- Zawahiri himself and by Yusuf al-‘Uyairi, the former bodyguard of Usama bin 51
Ladin who was killed by the Saudi authorities in 2003. Some of the Arafah Group publications have introductions by Abu Bakar Ba’asyir. A second JI publisher is the Al-Qowam group, which was founded in 1999 and is led by JI activist Hawin Murtadlo who graduated from Ngruki in 1991. Al- Qowam publications focus on Salafi piety rather than politics or related jihadi matters and as a result it enjoys a good reputation in non-jihadi, Salafi circles. This is an important consideration because it remains the case in Indonesia as elsewhere that many Salafists are opposed to Jihadi terrorism. 32 The third major publishing group associated directly with JI is the Al Aqwam Group, which is led by Bambang Sukirno. Sukirno achieved early commercial success with the publication in September 2004 of Imam Samudra’s curiously titled Aku Melawan Terroris (I Fight Terrorists), in which the convicted JI terrorist justifies his role in the 2002 Bali bombing. Sukirno also publishes the popular jihadi monthly magazine an-Najah and, in 2005, he published Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi’s polemical Saudi in the Eyes of an al-Qaeda member and Saudi dissident Safar al-Wawali’s Awaiting the Death of Israel. Conclusion Several leading JI figures have begun to make their mark as jihadi authors. One of the first significant books written by a JI activist is Samudra’s Aku Melawan Terroris which has sold more than 12,000 copies—making it a best seller in Indonesian publishing terms. More recently, Mukhlas, with the assistance of the Muslim Lawyers Team (TPM) has produced his first book. Nevertheless, as was noted at the outset of this chapter, Indonesia, which leads the world in progressive Islamic thought, has yet to produce significant, original, jihadi intellectuals. Rather, Indonesia’s particular genius in this area is the way in which diverse schools of thought, such as those associated with the Muslim Brotherhood, with the ideas of Maududi and of India’s Deobandi movement, and ideas associated with Saudi Salafism/Wahhabism, which in the Middle East are pitched against each other despite their broad Salafi doctrinal common world view, are brought together in a constructive synthesis. There remains limited support in Indonesia for al-Qa’ida’s brand of jihadist violence, although even this is more substantial than expected. There is remarkably broad support for the sort of issues being championed by Abu Bakar 32 This matter is treated at length in: ICG, “Indonesia Backgrounder: Why Salafism and Terrorism Mostly Don't Mix” ”, Asia Report N°83 (13 September 2004). 52
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Page 3 and 4: Table of Contents Preface 3 The Lan
Page 5 and 6: The Landscape of Jihadism in Southe
Page 7 and 8: nationalist aims rather than a glob
Page 9 and 10: Extremist Islam in Malaysia is a re
Page 11 and 12: The first article, by Rohan Gunarat
Page 13 and 14: The Current and Emerging Extremist
Page 15 and 16: Mecca in 1979, the continuing Arab-
Page 17 and 18: answers to such questions as: Who s
Page 19 and 20: in 1999 by the son of the leader of
Page 21 and 22: Indonesian friends some of who I ca
Page 23 and 24: 2. Al-Qa’ida Although JI is clear
Page 25 and 26: In addition to the crackdown on the
Page 27 and 28: - Transcriptions of audio speeches
Page 29 and 30: that his teachers had a cut-and-pas
Page 31 and 32: The historical development of Jihad
Page 33 and 34: Ramadan fast observance, and attend
Page 35 and 36: exponentially, quickly claiming ove
Page 37 and 38: declare the Hezbollah controlled ar
Page 39 and 40: Ja’far Umar Thalib, erstwhile lea
Page 41 and 42: founder, Abu Bakar Ba’asyir, whos
Page 43 and 44: it made a bloody intervention in Ja
Page 45 and 46: their time learning how to shoot fi
Page 47 and 48: died in 1999, Ba’asyir lacks conv
Page 49 and 50: survey report, entitled “Attitude
Page 51: Jihadi Publishing in Indonesia Publ
Page 55 and 56: The Influence of Transnational Jiha
Page 57 and 58: there, he met Usama bin Ladin and b
Page 59 and 60: supporters among the Muslim populat
Page 61 and 62: will guide them and admit them to P
Page 63 and 64: Yousef’s arrest in the Philippine
Page 65 and 66: RSM’s Ideology RSM’s jihadist i
Page 67 and 68: will be granted seven special favor
Page 69 and 70: ay, and in the long run, to rid the
Page 71 and 72: nature of their political goals but
Page 73 and 74: motivation. 66 Moreover, without a
Page 75 and 76: Ideology, Religion, and Mobilizatio
Page 77 and 78: degrees of autonomy despite being f
Page 79 and 80: General Wattanachai Chaaimuanwong,
Page 81 and 82: liberationist ideology are invited
Page 83 and 84: Interestingly, even when the notion
Page 85 and 86: ensure that you deal with them in a
Page 87 and 88: uncovered a controversial manuscrip
Page 89 and 90: legislative elements of the Patani
Page 91 and 92: Buddhist colonialism supported by t
Page 93 and 94: eligious referents to the ongoing c
Page 95 and 96: Conclusion Given the increasingly p
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Page 101 and 102: language jihadist websites, which h
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sending representatives to make the
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group named Al-Qiyadah al-Islamiyah
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Al-Muhajirun (http://www.almuhajiru
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other. The former are busy pursuing
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al-Qa’ida’s High-Command, Abdal
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on current events, new al-Qa’ida
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Viewing the Southeast Asian jihadis
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