Yono, Surabaya... come in!" yelled a member of the selection panel screening candidates contemplating fighting in Afghanistan. On hearing his name, a muscular young man hastened to enter the office of the Islamic Youth Movement (GPI) at Jalan Menteng Raya 58, Central Jakarta.

An anti-US banner and a poster of Osama bin Laden graced one of the walls of the cramped 3m x 4m GPI office. Inside, Yono was questioned about his administrative and re