Jamaah Islamiyah’s Dissolution
The idea of dissolving Jamaah Islamiyah emerged over the past few years. The group is learning about jihad from new books and foreign Islamic scholars.
Fajar Pebrianto
July 22, 2024
ONE day before heading to Sentul, Bogor Regency, West Java, the leaders and senior members of Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) gathered at one of the organization’s pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) in Central Java. On that day, Saturday, June 29, they held a bahtsul masail, a kind of deliberation involving key figures of the organization. Various issues were discussed, from takfiri interpretations condemning fellow Muslims as unbelievers to t
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