Jaffar Umar Thalib

Jaffar Umar Thalib, “Declaration of War,” broadcast on Radio SPMM, the Voice of the Maluku Muslim Struggle, May 1–3, 2002.

Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003

Leader Jaffar Umar Thalib had apocalyptic ideas, arguing that there was an international campaign to create a Christian republic in the heart of Indonesia: in a radio broadcast throughout Indonesia in May 2002, he called for all-out war.28 I order all members of the Laskar Jihad to write their will and testament and prepare themselves to take up the position of martyrs.

Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003

Although there is a long-standing intense personal rivalry between Jaffar Umar Thalib and Abu Jibril,30 their groups had the same cause and often worked together.

Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003

Co-opting many of the twenty civilian militias created by the military for the November MPR session as a base, founder Jaffar Umar Thalib opened Laskar Jihad offices in Jakarta, Cirebon, Semarang, Solo, Yogyakarta, Lampung, and Kendari in early March 2000.

Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003

Jaffar Umar Thalib openly proclaimed that 3,000 of his forces would depart from the second largest city, Surabaya, in East Java, for the Malukus on April 29 and 30, 2000.

Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003

When Jaffar Umar Thalib, the head of Laskar Jihad, was arrested, Haz visited him in prison “to offer sympathy” as a “Muslim brother.”

Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003

Jaffar Umar Thalib, “Declaration of War,” broadcast on Radio SPMM, the Voice of the Maluku Muslim Struggle, May 1–3, 2002.

Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003

Co-opting many of the twenty civilian militias created by the military for the November MPR session as a base, founder Jaffar Umar Thalib opened Laskar Jihad offices in Jakarta, Cirebon, Semarang, Solo, Yogyakarta, Lampung, and Kendari in early March 2000.

Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003

Leader Jaffar Umar Thalib had apocalyptic ideas, arguing that there was an international campaign to create a Christian republic in the heart of Indonesia: in a radio broadcast throughout Indonesia in May 2002, he called for all-out war.28 I order all members of the Laskar Jihad to write their will and testament and prepare themselves to take up the position of martyrs.

Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003

Laskar Jihad and its leader, Jaffar Umar Thalib, had strong connections to al-Qaeda and maybe still have.

Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003