Jihad is the key to heaven and the highest jihad is to fight in the path of God. These words by the khatib echoed through the mosque-cum-headquarters of the Islamic Youth Movement (GPI) on Jalan Raya Menteng in Central Jakarta during the weekly Friday prayers, last week.

Over the past few weeks the movement’s HQ has been a hotbed of anti-American demonstrations in Jakarta. In one corner of the building, two teenaged youths, dressed in whi