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	Encyclopedia: Jihad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Jihad (Arabic: Ø¬ÙØ§Ø¯ jihÄd) is an Islamic term, from the Arabic root jhd ("to exert utmost effort, to strive, struggle"), which connotes a wide range of meanings: anything from an inward spiritual struggle to attain perfect faith to a political or military struggle to further the Islamic cause.
		Jihad by the tongue is a struggle of good against evil waged by writing and speech, such as in the form of dawah (proselytizing), khutbahs (sermons), and political or military propaganda.
		Jihad by the pen and knowledge is a struggle for good against evil through scholarly study of Islam, ijtihad (legal reasoning), and through sciences (such as military and medical sciences).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Jihad (7392 words)

	In the Spotlight: Laskar Jihad
		Laskar Jihad, or ‘Holy War Warriors,’ was founded in 2000 by Jafar Umar Thalib, who spent several years studying in Pakistan and fighting alongside the mujahidin in Afghanistan in the late 1980s.
		Laskar Jihad members adhere to the Wahhabi creed of Islam espoused by bin Laden — television is banned in Laskar camps and women wear burqa — but Jafar determined that al Qaeda’s ideology is not in line with true Islam.
		The emerging al Qaeda connections aside, Laskar Jihad continues to be a concern for the Indonesian government as it mediates peace talks between Muslims and Christians on the troubled islands.
	www.angelfire.com /rock/hotburrito/laskar/cdi080302.html (937 words)

	Laskar Jihad, Alive and Well in Papua (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Laskar Jihad is being armed, funded and protected by the Indonesian military, and is reported to be particularly active in the highlands on the north of the island, along its border with Papua New Guinea.
		Laskar Jihad is also believed to be trying to seek favour with the local Muslim population, although the majority of Papuan Muslims reject the Jihad’s presence as a dangerous destabilising factor in an already extremely tense region.
		Laskar Jihad achieved international notoriety for waging a genocidal holy war against Christians in Indonesia’s Moluccas and Sulawesi regions for over 20 months from May 2000 until peace agreements were reached for Sulawesi in December 2001 and the Moluccas in February 2002.
	www.barnabasfund.org /News/Archive/Indonesia/Indonesia-20030305.htm (1227 words)

	CNN.com - Militant Indonesians in Papua - April 19, 2002
		Laskar Jihad is blamed for worsening Muslim-Christian fighting in the eastern islands of Maluku which human rights groups say killed more than 10,000.
		Laskar Jihad is training people in the villages to fight pro-independence Papuans, regardless of whether they are Christians or Muslims.
		Laskar Jihad denied the charges, saying they were involved purely in social and educational work.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/04/19/indo.papua (630 words)

	Episcopal News Service
		A number of Laskar Jihad military training camps are now situated in the province and military instruction is taking place quite openly in the compounds of some mosques every afternoon.
		Laskar Jihad is reportedly forming links with local authorities, police and army units, and with the pro-Jakarta militia Satgas Merah Putih which opposes Papuan calls for independence from Indonesia.
		Laskar Jihad is also believed to be insinuating itself with the local Muslim population, although the majority of Papuan Muslims still reject the Jihad's presence as a dangerous destabilizing factor in an already extremely tense region.
	www.episcopalchurch.org /3577_20346_ENG_HTM.htm (400 words)

	Laskar Jihad
		Laskar Jihad, a violent Muslim paramilitary extremist group renowned for its fanaticism and brutality that aimed to eliminate Christians from the Moluccas and Sulawesi Island, announced it had disbanded after the October 2002 Bali bombing.
		Laskar Jihad, Indonesia’s largest radical group, remained a concern as a continuing source of domestic instability.
		Laskar Jihad still operates in these islands and continues to attempt to impose a Taliban-style version of Islam on the local people.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/para/laskar-jihad.htm (674 words)

	The International Crisis Group (ICG) * Indonesia Backgrounder: How The Jemaah Islamiyah Terrorist Network Operates in ...
		Laskar Mujahidin, like Laskar Jihad, had links to the army in Maluku but they were mostly through soldiers from the Kulur ethnic group in Saparua.
		The best-known of the Laskar Jundullahs was created in September 2000 as the military wing of KPPSI, the Preparatory Committee for Upholding Islamic Law, under the command of Agus Dwikarna, now detained in the Philippines as a JI member.
		Laskar Jihad sources in Yogyakarta claim that even before the dissolution of their organisation in early October 2002, Laskar Mujahidin had already left, chased out by Laskar Jihad, which was numerically much stronger.
	www.geocities.com /kesui2001/icg211202.htm (3158 words)

	CNN.com - Maluku tensions divide government - May 14, 2002
		Haz support for Laskar Jihad is seen as a tacit opposition to President Megawati Sukarnoputri who has ordered her government to step up efforts to end the bloody three-year violence which human rights group say has killed 10,000.
		Haz recently visited Laskar Jihad's commander Ja'far Umar Thalib, who was arrested for inciting religious violence in Maluku during a rally on April 26 where he exhorted Muslims to kill Christians.
		Laskar Jihad told CNN they were being made "scapegoats" by the government.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/05/13/indon.maluku (704 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Jihad warriors back in business
		The Indonesia military is helping arm and fund Laskar Jihad, which began to arrive in Papua two years ago, according to a report by the Barnabas Fund, a British charity that serves persecuted Christians.
		Laskar Jihad apparently is trying to seek favor with the local Muslim population, although the majority rejects the group's presence as a dangerous destabilizing factor in an already extremely tense region, Barnabas Fund said.
		Laskar Jihad's arrival, in apparent cooperation with the military, is reminiscent to many of Indonesia's use of militia to brutally repress East Timor's struggle for independence.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=31402 (794 words)

	CNN.com - Militant Laskar Jihad group disbands - Oct. 15, 2002
		Laskar Jihad or Holy War warriors, gained notoriety in 2000 when it sent thousands of men to Maluku to help Muslims fight Christians when the two communities turned against each other after having lived peacefully for almost a hundred years.
		Laskar Jihad's headquarters in Yogyakarta have been closed and locked up about three days ago, according to Bambang Moestoppo, a student from Yogyakarta.
		The closure of Laskar Jihad raised speculation the group may be trying to lower their profile in the light of international pressure to crackdown on extremist groups following the Bali blast.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/10/15/bali.laskar (616 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Supported by elements in the security forces, the Laskar Jihad put the Christian militias on the defensive, inflicted casualties on the Christian community and forced thousands of Christians to flee, causing the national government to impose a civil emergency in the two Maluku provinces in June 2000.
		Laskar Jihad is less openly involved in launching direct attacks on Christians and seems to be concentrating more on religious and social-welfare activities in Maluku although it continues to provide military training and has sent fighters to Poso in South Sulawesi.
		Laskar Jihad and another, smaller and more secretive, Muslim militia, the Laskar Mujahidin, have been suspected of links to terrorist organisations outside Indonesia including Al-Qaeda though ICG has found no strong evidence suggesting a significant foreign connection to the troubles in Maluku.
	www.idpproject.org /Sites/idpSurvey.nsf/wViewCountries/9E9DCB0710BA0E24C12569590051B70C?OpenDocument (1336 words)

	SHOULD THE U
		A Laskar Jihad bulletin dated 15 January 2002 stated that Laskar Jihad was waging war against Christians because the Christians supported separatist movements in Maluku, Poso, East Timor, East Nusa Tenggara, and Papua.
		Official support for the Jihad might be seen in the personal visit of Indonesian vice president Hamzah Haz to the imprisoned Ja’far Umar Thalib and John Wanane, a Christian Papuan and the newly reelected regent of Sorong, owes a great deal of gratitude to Muslim hardliners in Sorong for his return to power.
		Despite obvious evidence regarding Laskar Jihad and the Red/White Militias in certain parts of Papua, Kapolda of Papua (Papua’s police chief) continues to deny this even though police in Sorong had arrested a young non-Papuan man there who was in possession of a hand-made rifle and Molotov cocktails.
	westpapuaaction.buz.org /Should-the-US-Resume-Military-Ties.htm (2734 words)

	Laskar Jihad members start to upset Papuans: Thaha
		At least 200 members of Laskar Jihad arrived in Jayapura six months ago from Jakarta and have since then been conducting religious activities in at least three regencies, Sorong, Fak Fak and Manokwari, areas which play host to Muslim migrants from other provinces.
		Laskar Jihad has been blamed for further worsening the sectarian conflicts in Maluku and Poso regency in Central Sulawesi, conflicts which killed thousands of people and forced thousands of others to flee.
		Thaha warned that the presence of Laskar Jihad could damage the close relations between Muslims and Christians, who had been living together peacefully in the province.
	www.xs4all.nl /~endi/Papua-laskar140402.htm (433 words)

	CNN.com - Hundreds of militants head for Sulawesi - December 13, 2001
		The Consultative Committee of the Indonesian Christian Community told CNN some 300 members of the militant laskar jihad group were seen boarding ships heading for Central Sulawesi from the city of Surabaya in eastern Java.
		Laskar jihad has denied the charges, saying the group was only involved in providing medical aid and not fighting.
		B.N. Marbun, head of the fact-finding team, estimated that 600 members of laskar jihad were currently in Poso and were indirectly involved in exacerbating the conflict.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/12/13/sulawesi.militant (751 words)

	Inside Indonesia 65 - Inside the Laskar Jihad
		If the Laskar Jihad is receiving generous funding from the Suharto family and sections of the military, as is often alleged, there is little sign of it at Degolan.
		Laskar Jihad is the paramilitary division of the Forum Komunikasi Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama'ah (most simply translated as the Sunni Communication Forum) or FKAWJ, an organisation formed by a group of hardline Muslim leaders in early 1998 to promote 'true Islamic values'.
		Laskar Jihad was formally established on 30 January 2000 in Yogyakarta in response to what FKAWJ saw as deliberate persecution of Muslims in Maluku.
	www.insideindonesia.org /edit65/fealy.htm (1488 words)

	Indonesia: Jihad in Indonesia, February 2001, page 3, ICC CONCERN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Laskar Jihad is an Islamic extremist group that is calling for an all-out holy war against Christians.
		As indicated in a guidebook written by Laskar Jihad leader, Ja'far Umar Thalib, the group believes there is a worldwide conspiracy to undermine Islam, both in Indonesia and elsewhere: "The hostility by the Jews and Christians toward Islam began at the time Allah's prophet was sent.
		They present jihad as the solution to all of the country's woes and invite all true Muslims to participate in jihad, thus liberating their country from the influence of the "infidel West." They feed their fanaticism by demonizing Christians, thus instigating hatred and fear from the local Muslim community.
	www.persecution.org /concern/2001/02/p3.html (842 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Christians terrorized in Muslim Indonesia
		Although Laskar Jihad's website insists attacks on Muslims are being organized by Christian priests, Sulawesi's Roman Catholic Bishop Josef Suwatan dismisses the claims as propaganda, say news reports.
		Laskar Jihad leaders publicly have declared that this month would be a "bloody December" for the Christians in the Poso area.
		Laskar Jihad is "engaged in a policy of religious cleansing," Marshall asserted.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=25599 (2001 words)

	INDONESIA
		Laskar Jihad's ties to serving or retired army officers is frequently cited to explain the failure to rein in the armed group as it moved freely through the country to engage in conflict.
		Laskar Jihad was open about training residents to fight, but also careful to present itself as a partner of the security forces and civilian authorities.
		The arrival of Laskar Jihad coincided with a spike in violence in July 2001 and was followed later that year by a surge in attacks on villages.
	www.hrw.org /reports/2002/indonesia/indonesia1102-03.htm (5251 words)

	Laskar Jihad In Australia
		With a similar ethos to JI, Laskar Jihad, are an Indonesian militant Islamic group that engaged in a 'holy war' against the Christian population of Maluku in East Indonesia between April 2000 and October 2002.
		Local tensions in the region (ethnic, economic and political) were manipulated by Laskar Jihad and used to justify a religious manifesto that is in conflict with the traditional Indonesian values of tolerance that have bound that great nation together.
		The Laskar Jihad, 'officially' disbanded just hours before the Bali Bombing on October 12, 2002 and within a week its offices were closed and Laskar Jihad troops began to leave Maluku and Central Sulawesi.
	jmm.aaa.net.au /articles/1684.htm (925 words)

	Asia Times
		Thalib says Laskar Jihad's goal in Maluku is simply to maintain national unity and insists that their jihad is based primarily on humanitarian assistance.
		A week later Laskar Jihad in Ambon said, after their surrender of a small amount of arms, "These weapons are only part of what we have, and the rest will be surrendered when the TNI [Indonesian armed forces] and the national police have met their promises to comprehensively investigate the RMS."
		Talib and Laskar Jihad have operated with backing from elements in the armed forces and from key political figures some of whom are believed to aspire to see Indonesia's once-admired religious tolerance replaced by an aggressive commitment to an Islamic state.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Southeast_Asia/DH24Ae02.html (1869 words)

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		The Laskar Jihad website reproduced a fatwa by the late grand mufti of Saudi Arabia, Abdulaziz bin Baz, in which Osama bin Laden was declared an erring sectarian and rebel, whose example no pious Muslim should follow.
		Interestingly, Komando Jihad was to a considerable degree controlled by one of the intelligence services and served the useful function of legitimatising clampdowns on less radical and non-violent Muslim politicians.
		Laskar Jundullah is believed to have very professional guerrilla training and to run a training camp in the Poso area.
	www.let.uu.nl /~martin.vanbruinessen/personal/publications/violent_fringe.htm (2693 words)

	Violent Indonesian Islamic Group 'Disbands' -- 10/16/2002
		Laskar Jihad, a group linked to thousands of deaths in Muslim-Christian violence in the Maluku islands and central Sulawesi, has started pulling its fighters out of Maluku, according to eyewitness accounts from the capital, Ambon.
		Fealy said one possible theory was that the Laskar Jihad leader, Jafar Umar Thalib, made a deal with the authorities to shut down his organization in return for having criminal charges against him dropped.
		Laskar Jihad is not suspected to have had a hand in the Bali bombing.
	www.cnsnews.com /ViewPrint.asp?Page=\ForeignBureaus\archive\200210\FOR20021016b.html (974 words)

	Joshua Latupatti (Analisa) * LASKAR JIHAD IS THE INDONESIAN AL QAEDA! (01)
		Laskar Jihad, or the Jihad Force of the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah Communication Forum to give it its full name, has claimed that it supports any government efforts to clamp down on the global al-Qaeda terrorist organization of Osama bin Laden.
		Laskar Jihad commander Ja'far Umar Thalib asserted that his organization could not accept the principles of and the way in which al-Qaeda operated and, therefore, it could not be in any way linked with the group.
		Ambon, Laskarjihad.or.id (24/03/2001) Laskar Jihad Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah kembali menggelar Latihan Gabungan (Latgab).
	www.geocities.com /waai67/joshua04022002a.htm (4329 words)

	Laskar Jihad Disbands?
		Indonesia -- Laskar Jihad, the extremist Islamic group responsible for much of the violence in Central Sulawesi and the Malukus, has announced that it is disbanding.
		In a surprise announcement, a lawyer representing Laskar Jihad said that the organisation was shutting down its headquarters and offices and would be withdrawing its warriors from Central Sulawesi and the Malukus.
		Laskar Jihad's lawyer, Wirawan Adnan, insisted that the decision was an internal one taken prior to the bomb attack in Bali, but the coincidence of timing seems too great to ignore.
	www.worthynews.com /news-features-3/laskar-jihad.html (1099 words)

	davidwarrenonline.com - ESSAYS ON OUR TIMES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		From eyewitness reports, I learn that the practice of the Laskar Jihad, upon capturing a village, and after destroying the buildings, is to give the Christians they have captured two choices.
		The Laskar Jihad, like the Taliban in Afghanistan, is reinforced by foreign "jihadists" -- who have arrived in Indonesia chiefly from the madrasas of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
		It is the stated aim of Laskar Jihad and its associated organizations to kill, convert, or drive into exile every single one of these, in order to "purify" Indonesia.
	www.davidwarrenonline.com /Comment/Dec01/index31.shtml (1225 words)

	Bulletin - Jihad in Papua (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		But what has emerged from this cloud is that the northern reaches of the border are a training area for Laskar Jihad, the members of whom have been arriving in Papua for the past two years and have set up an office in the far-western town of Sorong.
		Bonay says groups of Laskar Jihad and local militia are being trained by Kopassus to support military operations in the region.
		The rhetoric of Laskar Jihad certainly fits comfortably with the aims of the military.
	bulletin.ninemsn.com.au /bulletin/EdDesk.nsf/0/51be6a46cfa0028eca256ccd00138341 (631 words)

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