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Jemaah Islamiya (JI)
Jemaah Islamiya (JI) is an Indonesia-based Islamic extremist group with cells operating throughout Southeast Asia. The group’s stated goal is to create an Islamic caliphate that would encompass Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, the southern Philippines, and southern Thailand. JI has been responsible for several major, lethal bombings against Western targets in Indonesia, including the 2002 attack on a nightclub in Bali which killed 202 people; the 2003 bombing of the Jakarta Marriott hotel; the 2004 truck bombing of the Australian Embassy; and the October 2005 bombings of tourist sites in Bali that killed 23 and injured over 100.
JI spiritual leader Abu Bakar Bashir was released from prison in June 2006. However, authorities detained operations chief Hambali in August 2003, killed chief bombmaker Azahari in November 2005, and, in
June 2007, arrested Emir Zarkasi and military commander Abu Dujanah. Police continue to hunt other senior JI leaders and operatives—including Noordin Mohammad Top—who are at large in Indonesia and elsewhere in Southeast Asia.
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