Bagus Maskuron was convicted, but apparently free and well-heeled. The Islamic State attracts Muslims’ loyalty from as far away as Indonesia because of the appeal of the concept of the caliphate. But mainstream Western analysts scratch their heads and wonder why the Islamic State has this appeal, because they are bound as a matter of dogma to pretend that it has nothing to do with Islam.
“Police Source: Syria-Bound Indonesians Financed by Terror Convict,” by Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta Globe, December 21, 2014 (thanks to Lookmann):
The alleged attempt by a group of 12 Indonesian nationals to join the Islamic State movement in Syria was financed by a convicted terrorist, a police source told the Jakarta Globe on Sunday.
“We’ve figured out that Bagus Maskuron, a former convict of the paramilitary training case in Aceh, was behind this,” said an investigator from the National Police’s anti-terror squad, Densus 88. “He told the nine people [out of a group of 12] to go to Syria and funded the trip. Bagus is in Syria. One of the women and one of the kids detained were Bagus’s wife and kid.”
Police raided a terrorist training camp in Aceh in March 2010.
The 12 Indonesians were detained after trying to leave for Syria from Malaysia. Nine of them, four women and five children, were released on Friday. Three men would still be questioned until Monday, police said.
It is not illegal for Indonesians to travel to Syria, and the only law that can be used in such cases, police say, is the one dealing with citizenship. Indonesians can lose their citizenship if they voluntarily take an oath or pledge allegiance to a foreign country or a part of it.
One of the men detained was M. Sibgotuloh, a former convict of a deadly CIMB bank robbery in Medan, North Sumatra, in 2010….
Saleem Smith says
Many Muslims know that Islam is an evil lie.
Shame on them.
We ex-Muslims know that Islam is a fraud.
Here is a recent statement from a group of Bangladeshi apostates living in the UK explaining the reasons why they have abandoned Islam:
“One who claims to be a messenger of God is expected to live a saintly life. He must not be given to lust, he must not be a sexual pervert, and he must not be a rapist, a highway robber, a war criminal, a mass murderer or an assassin. One who claims to be a messenger of God must have a superior character. He must stand above the vices of the people of his time. Yet Muhammad’s life is that of a gangster godfather. He raided merchant caravans, looted innocent people, massacred entire male populations and enslaved the women and children. He raped the women captured in war after killing their husbands and told his followers that it is okay to have sex with their captives (Qur’an 33:50). He assassinated those who criticized him and executed them when he came to power and became de facto despot of Arabia. Muhammad was bereft of human compassion. He was an obsessed man with his dreams of grandiosity and could not forgive those who stood in his way…
The statement continues,
Muhammad was a narcissist, like Hitler, Saddam or Stalin. He was astute and knew how to manipulate people, but his emotional intelligence was less evolved than that of a 6-year-old child. He simply could not feel the pain of others. He brutally massacred thousands of innocent people and pillaged their wealth. His ambitions were big and as a narcissist he honestly believed he is entitled to do as he pleased and commit all sorts of crimes and his evil deeds are justified.”
Jay Boo says
All Muslims are Arabs.
Non-Arabs who call themselves Muslim are just remnants of former slaves of Arab masters whose decedents have never had the courage to shake off the shackles of Islam.
Non-Arabs who call themselves Muslim are more despicable and pathetic than real Muslims.
In Jerusalem a pack of Muslim wild dogs invaded and lifted their hind legs to piss on a Jewish holy place and named it the third most holy place of Islam.
Their satanic lies and treachery will come back to haunt them.
cs says
This defilement they did, won’t go on forever.
Salah says
“The 12 Indonesians were detained after trying to leave for Syria from Malaysia.”
ISIL: a One-Way-Ticket to Hell
Islamic State has executed 100 foreigners trying to quit.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/is-has-executed-100-foreigners-trying-to-quit-report/ar-BBh2i2G
cs says
I HEARD INDONESIA IS VERY LIBERAL.
I GUESS THIS IS SORT OF REZA ASLAN TYPE OF TAQQIYYA,
john thomas says
Hmm! Aceh in Indonesia was, ten years ago hit by a tsunami. The international community (aka the U.S.) gave over $7bn in aid. Yes seven billion dollars. And this is how they they say “thank you”.
Angemon says
Out of curiosity, how much did islamic countries offered?
particolor says
YES !! And did You see the Magnificent Mosque They Built with the Donations ..Thank You Very Much Infidels !!..