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Friday, January 10, 2014

Indonesian Jihadists Join the Fight in Syria


Indonesian Jihadists Join the Fight in Syria

BNPT estimates that there are about 50 Indonesian militants who fought against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al - Assad , and the numbers are expected to rise .

Ihsani Fakhri Muhammad , 21 , was educated in the households extremists and graduated from boarding school known educating generations of terrorists . He later learned to Pakistan and got a call jihad .

But he did not go to Afghanistan soon. Authorities in Indonesia believe after flying to Turkey , he and three other Indonesian students go to Syria by land to join in the battle with other jihadists from around the world .

Trip in August showed how kukuhnya craving some Indonesian citizens to join in a new stage of international jihadists . It also signaled a new threat to the governments of Southeast Asia , which has managed to curb militant past few years , mainly to prevent them to form a network with overseas .

While European security agencies and others concerned with the militants who returned from Syria , Indonesia know exactly how the battlefields abroad , training opportunities and contacts with al - Qaida can lead to deadly results . Veterans of the Afghan jihad has sparked attacks against targets in the period 2000s - local and Western targets , including bombings in Bali that killed 202 people .

Syria conflict also helps burn growing hate campaign against the Shiite majority in Indonesia following the Sunni schools . Syrian veterans will likely make it worse .

" We must learn from past bitter experience , " said Ansyaad Mbai , head of the National Agency for Combating Terrorism .

"Everyone Indonesian ending in Syria should be supervised . We have to anticipate the fact that when they come back , they have the ability and skills in warfare . "

Mbai and two anti - terror officials estimate there are about 50 other Indonesian militants who fought against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al - Assad , of up to 11,000 foreigners who are believed to have joined the rebel forces . They say the number is expected to grow . Many who have lived or studied in the Middle East when they go . This estimate is based on information from the Syrian authorities and their own investigations in Indonesia and Turkey .

Indonesian humanitarian groups that have staff people hardline or those known to have links with extremists has been raising money throughout Indonesia with no clarity or transparency . Some went to the Syrian territories under the control of the militants , rebels and take care of allot of money and aid to civilians and local governments .

One organization has gone at least eight times to the forefront of Latakia region , a strong base Nusra Front linked to al - Qaida .

It is unclear where and with whom to fight Indonesian citizens in Syria . According to the International Center for the Study of radicalization , mostly foreigners flocking to Nusra Front or Islamic State of Iraq , two brigades opposition close to al - Qaida .

Meanwhile , Joserizal journalist , a doctor who led humanitarian missions to help the Muslims in Afghanistan , Lebanon and others , have angered many Islamists in Indonesia for refusing to go to Syria .

He said they were going to around Syria was " close to al - Qaeda . "

" It's sectarian war . It is not clear to me why we have to help slaughter other Muslims , " he said .
Civil War in Syria between the Assad regime and the Iranian -backed Shiite Hezbollah troops fighting with the majority of opposition groups that are financially assisted Sunny Saudi Arabia and Ahl-ul- Sunnah Wal Jamaah volunteers ( Sunni ) from around the world , including Muslims from Europe , Australia , United States , and other Islamic countries such as Turkey and Indonesia . | VOA / MJF

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