Jemaah Islamiyah
Jemaah Islamiyah (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. On 25 October 2002, immediately following the JI-perpetrated 2002 Bali bombings, JI was added to the UN Security Council Resolution 1267.
| Jemaah Islamiyah | |
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Jihadist flag used by Jemaah Islamiyah | |
| Leader | Abu Bakar Baasyir (Imprisoned, later released) |
| Dates of operation | 1993–present |
| Active regions | Southeast Asia
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| Ideology | Islamism Islamic fundamentalism Pan-Islamism Salafism Wahhabism Anti-Australian sentiment Anti-Christian sentiment |
| Notable attacks | Philippine consulate bombing in Jakarta Jakarta Stock Exchange bombing Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings 2002 Bali bombings 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing 2004 Jakarta embassy bombing 2005 Bali bombings 2005 Indonesian beheadings of Christian girls 2009 Jakarta bombings |
| Size | 6,000 (2021) |
| Allies | Al-Qaeda |
| Opponents | United Nations
Non-state opponents
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| Designated as a terrorist group by | United Nations European Union United States Argentina Australia Bahrain Canada Indonesia Japan Malaysia New Zealand |
JI is a transnational organization with cells in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines. In addition to al-Qaeda, the group is also alleged to have links to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid, a splinter cell of the JI which was formed by Abu Bakar Baasyir on 27 July 2008. The group has been designated as a terrorist group by the United Nations, Australia, Canada, China, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. It remained very active in Indonesia where it publicly maintained a website as of January 2013.
In October 2021, Director of Identification and Socialization, Detachment 88 Muhammad Sodiq said that 876 members of Jamaah Islamiyah had been arrested and sentenced in Indonesia.
On 16 November 2021, Indonesian National Police launched a crackdown operation, which revealed that the group operated in disguise as a political party, Indonesian People's Da'wah Party. The revelation shocked many people, as it was the first time in Indonesia that a terrorist organization disguised itself as a political party and attempted to intervene and participate in the Indonesian political system.