Under Surveillance?
Following the arrest of Jafar Umar Thalib, it is rumored that the country is currently keeping a close eye on a number of activists from hardline Islamic organizations. Word has it they are to be taken into custody. Just who are these suspects?
May 14, 2002
Abu Bakar Baasyir
A FORMER political prisoner under the Suharto administration, Baasyir, 64, is to become the Amir (Head) of the Indonesian Muja-hiddin Council. This religious scholar from the Ngruki Islamic Boarding School in Solo, Central Java, was once a detainee in the Sukoharjo District Court. At that time, he was brought up on the charge of opposing Pancasila, the foundation of Indonesias state ideology, as well as founding the Indonesian
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