An Unholy Mess

THE recruitment of Indonesian citizens by the militias of the Sunni Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) for the jihad in Iraq and Syria must be stopped. The fact that there are groups of people attracted by the ideas of ISIS and who support the sending of civilian fighters to the conflict in the Middle East should give the government serious cause for concern.

ISIS was established in Iraq in 2013. It is an offshoot of Al-Qaeda led by Sheik Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi. Its target is the establishment of Daulah Islam, an international Islamic caliphate like the previous one: the Utsmaniyah Caliphate. The group killed judges who passed the death sentence on Saddam Hussein and the people responsible for the killings of Shias.

July 1, 2014