Available for the first time in English, this groundbreaking book is an in-depth investigation of the development of jihadism from the earliest years of Indonesian independence in the late 1940s to the terrorist bombings of the past decade. The Indonesian journalist Solahudin shows with rare clarity that Indonesia's current struggle with terrorism has a long and complex history.
JAT is a splinter cell of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), which perpetrated the 2002 Bali bombings of night clubs. JAT is an Indonesia-based extremist organization founded by radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir in July 2008 to advance an absolutist interpretation of Islamic law with the ultimate goal of establishing a caliphate in Indonesia. || TRAC
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