The Halfhearted Nation
From the interior of Garut, Sensen Komara runs the Indonesian Islamic State. He repudiated the Republic of Indonesia although he has no qualms about accepting its largesse in the form of free government programs.
August 18, 2010
Surrounded by deceptively serene rice fields, Babakan Cipari conceals a potential explosive. Located just 20 kilometers from Garut in West Java, this small town houses a group of people who refuse to recognize the Republic of Indonesia.
Their leader is a 46-year-old man named Sensen Komara. He is the imam (religious head) and the most senior commander of the 20 or so group of people who claim to have revived the Indonesian Islamic State (NII),
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