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LASKAR JIHAD IN MALUKU 2000-2002
Nurhayati, Sitti Sani
Nurhayati, Sitti Sani
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This paper focuses on Laskar Jihad (LJ)'s faith on jihad and specific domestic background in which the group came forward. Looking closer at the Indonesian political contexts in which LJ has emerged, this paper argued that the motives behind the group action in Maluku 2000-2002 were based on LJ's understanding on jihad as a collective obligation. However, LJ would not have resurfaced without a complex mixture of Indonesian political circumstances. This article looks at the academic debates on LJ and global terrorist networks, the group organizational structure, a brief historical background on the Maluku conflicts and the government responses, as well as the specific domestic political contexts in which the group emerged. The challenge posed by Laskar Jihad paramilitary and ideological agenda may encompass more than Ambon and Poso. However, despite the alleged ties to regional and global terrorist networks, the organization threat is neither equal to nor linked with international terrorism.
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2006
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