THE recent bombing in Samarinda sent us a frighteningly clear message: radicalism has not died. After the bomber was arrested came a second message: deradicalization is no more than a word. It turned out that Juhanda, the man who threw the 'soap bomb' which killed a little girl, was not new to terrorism.

Five years ago, Juhanda was responsible for the bombing at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences Research Center at Serpong, South Tangerang. A mo