Topic: Jemaah Islamiya

Appeals court affirms bomb attack verdict

Defendants guilty beyond reasonable doubt. The Philippine Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction of three members of the Jemaah Islamiyah, a...
An Indonesian court sentenced Islamist extremist Abu Tholut to eight years in prison Thursday for helping to establish a terror training camp for an Al-Qaeda-linked militant group.Tholut, 49, who has seven days to appeal, was found guilty of recruiting and raising ...

Indonesia seeks 12 years for Islamist extremist

Indonesian prosecutors on Thursday sought 12 years in jail for Abu Tholut, seen as one of the most dangerous Islamist extremists in the mainly Muslim country.Tholut, 49, was found guilty of playing a key role in the formation of a militant ...
Indonesia has reduced the sentences of 84 convicted terrorists, including an Al-Qaeda-linked extremist on a US black list, as part of its Independence Day celebrations, according to an official.Mohammed Jibril Abdurahman, 26, known on extremist websites as the "Prince of Jihad ...

US sanctions 3 from SE Asia Islamist group

The US Treasury on Tuesday announced sanctions against three Indonesians leaders of the radical Islamist group Jemaah Islamiyah, blamed for deadly bombings across Southeast Asia.The Treasury named Umar Patek, Abdul Rahim Baasyir, and Muhammad Jibril Abdul Rahman as key figures tying ...

Blast hits Philippine governor's convoy; one dead

MANILA (Reuters) - One man was killed and seven people injured in the southern Philippines on Monday when a car bomb exploded next to the convoy of a provincial governor, whose supporters were massacred in 2009, police and army officials said.Esmael Mangudadatu ...

Bashir jailing will not end threat: analysts

The jailing of radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on terrorism charges will not diminish his influence on militant extremists unless he is strictly controlled behind bars, analysts said Friday.An Indonesian court jailed the wiry old preacher for 15 years on ...
Indonesia's justice minister on Thursday rejected new research by an Australian think-tank which found that the country's prisons are an incubator for Islamist militancy.The findings of "Jihadists in Jail", a study by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute based on ...

Indonesian jails a 'terrorism' hotbed: study

Indonesian jails often act as incubators of terrorism and fail to stamp out violent jihadist beliefs, a study said Thursday, warning of a growing threat from "freelance terrorists".The findings of "Jihadists in Jail", a year-long research project by the Australian Strategic ...

Philippine army arrests bomb suspect with JI links

0 . A suspected militant believed to be a liaison between Muslim rebels and a Southeast Asian terrorist network was arrested in the restive ...