In the 1990s, JI established a presence in the Philippines and Indonesia. In addition to training, JI reportedly received resources and advising from Al Qaeda (AQ) throughout its formation. Many of JI’s men trained in Afghanistan from the early- through mid-1990s, and some of the training camps were affiliated with AQ. There, they began to form a collective of Islamists and facilitated travel to Afghanistan for Southeast Asian Muslims seeking to join the fight against the Soviets and train there. The group was founded by Yemeni-born Indonesian clerics Abdullah Sungkar and Abu Bakar Ba’asyir, who fled to Malaysia in the late 1980s to evade prison sentences for their ties to DI.
Įxperts disagree on the exact date that JI was founded as an organization, but estimates range from the late 1980s to the early 1990s, suggesting that the group coalesced over time before formalizing. It has ideological origins in the Darul Islam (DI) movement of the 1950s and 1960s, in which insurgents of West Javanese descent carried out a violent campaign that attempted to establish an Islamic state in Indonesia. Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) is an Islamist extremist group in Indonesia that seeks to overthrow the government and create a pan-Islamic state in Southeast Asia. Following increased security efforts and internal splintering in the mid-2000s, JI has become less active.
It originated in the late 1980s and was responsible for a number of high-profile attacks that mainly targeted Christians and Western interests throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, including the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed over 200. The group seeks to establish an Islamic caliphate extending across Southeast Asia.
Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) is an Islamist extremist organization based in Indonesia. Terrorism analysts believe that the likely perpetrators were from JI (9 killed, 50 wounded). Last Attack: July 17, 2009: The JW Marriot and the Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta’s business district were bombed. In December 2000, JI targeted Christian churches, attacking them with a series of bombings on Christmas Eve (14 killed, 12 wounded). First Attack: December 24, 2000: Although JI was active throughout the 1990s, there is little verifiable reporting of their attacks until late 2000.
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