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  1. Abu Bakar Bashir
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    Who is the leader of Jemaah Islamiyah? Abu Bakar Bashir, an Indonesian of Yemeni descent, is thought to be the group’s spiritual leader-and, some speculate, an operational leader as well. Bashir joined Darul Islam in the 1970s and was imprisoned in Indonesia for Islamist activism.
    JI is a jihadist group in Southeast Asia that seeks to establish a caliphate in the region through violent means. The group is led by its co-founder, Abu Bakar Bashir, who pledged loyalty to ISIS in July 2014.
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    Jemaah Islamiyah [a] ( Arabic: الجماعة الإسلامية, al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmiyyah, meaning "Islamic Congregation", frequently abbreviated JI) is a Southeast Asian Islamist militant group based in Indonesia, which is dedicated to the establishment of an Islamic state in Southeast Asia.
    Bashir became the spiritual leader of the group while Hambali became the military leader. Unlike the Al-Mau'nah group, Jemaah Islamiyah kept a low profile in Malaysia and their existence was publicized only after the 2002 Bali bombings. It is suspected by some to be linked to al-Qaeda or the Taliban.
    Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a South East Asian militant group with links to al-Qaeda, has a long track record of bomb attacks in Indonesia and elsewhere in the region. The most deadly were the near simultaneous blasts in two Bali nightclubs in Bali on 12 October 2002, which killed 202 people.
    They recruited people from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. The group officially named itself Jemaah Islamiyah around that time period. JI was formally founded on 1 January 1993, by JI leaders, Abu Bakar Bashir and Abdullah Sungkar while hiding in Malaysia from the persecution of the Suharto government.
  3. WEBAug 23, 2022 · Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) is a jihadist group in Southeast Asia that seeks to establish a caliphate in the region through violent means. …

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    • WEBJemaah Islamiyah (JI) is an Indonesia-based clandestine terrorist network formed in the early 1990s to establish an Islamic state encompassing southern Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, and the …

    • WEBFeb 13, 2023 · The announcement by the Indonesian authorities that Askary Sibghotul Haq, the son of former Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leader Para Wijayanto, has been in their custody since April 2022 has put the...

    • Profile: Jemaah Islamiah - BBC News

      WEB2 February 2012. Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, said to be the spiritual leader of the group, was jailed in 2010. Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a South East Asian militant group with links to...

    • Trial Guide: The Jemaah Islamiyah Case at Guantánamo …

      WEBPublished July 10, 2023 Updated April 21, 2024. The Case. Three prisoners at Guantánamo Bay have been charged in two parallel cases of terrorism, murder and conspiracy in bombings in Indonesia 20...