Jemaah Islamiah members probably don’t think of this as being as odd as it may appear to non-Muslims in the West. One of the causes that zakat, obligatory Islamic almsgiving, funds is jihad. So there is really no problem here, as far as JI is concerned. “Feared terrorist leader who is believed to have orchestrated […]
Indonesia: Muslim leader arrested, suspected of masterminding 2002 Bali jihad bombings that killed over 200 people
Aris Sumarsono, aka Zulkarnaen, is a senior member of the al-Qaeda group Jemaah Islamiah. Possible fallouts from his arrest could be a weakening of Jemaah Islamiah and/or an impetus for revenge, according to security analyst Stanislaus Riyanta. It is not known why this arrest was made now, considering that Zulkarnaen has long been known to […]