Indonesia: Member of top islamic Ulema Council arrested for raising funds for jihad group behind Bali jihad massacre

[duluxe]

https://www.thejakartapost.com/indo...rrested-over-ties-to-bali-bombing-group-.html

A senior Muslim cleric has been arrested over allegations he raised funds for the Al-Qaeda-linked terror network behind the Bali nightclub bombings and other attacks, police said Wednesday.

Ahmad Zain An-Najah, a member of top Islamic organisation the Indonesian Ulema Council, and two associates were charged with setting up a charity organisation that diverted money to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).

“This institution was created to obtain funding under the cover of social and educational purposes, and part of the funds collected was used to mobilise JI,” National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Rusdi Hartono told reporters Wednesday.

The cleric worked in the council’s fatwa division, which is in charge of issuing religious edicts, police said.

Terror groups in Indonesia, which has suffered a string of attacks since the 2002 Bali attacks, have used charities as a cover to raise funds to finance their operations, authorities have said previously.

In August, police arrested dozens of suspected extremists linked to JI and said the group had been planning a fresh attack during Indonesia’s independence day celebrations.

JI was nearly dismantled by authorities after bombs ripped through nightclubs on the holiday island of Bali, killing more than 200 people including scores of tourists in what remains Indonesia’s deadliest terror attack.

But the organisation has been rebuilding and its spiritual leader Abu Bakar Bashir was released from prison this year after serving time on terror-related charges.

The outlawed JI has ties with Al-Qaeda and has been implicated in other attacks over the past two decades. It has also sent jihadists to fight in conflict-wracked Syria and Iraq, authorities have said.

 

[JohnTan]

Outside of Singapore, where PAP cannot supervise, charity and islamic terrorism organisations are basically the same thing.

 

[duluxe]

Outside of Singapore, where PAP cannot supervise, charity and islamic terrorism organisations are basically the same thing.

I have not known of any islamic charity organisation that provide aide to world disaster. I only know most of the money including from singapore will flow to support militants in middle east.

 

[duluxe]

No other religious promotes violent expansionism and rewards jihad with women with big breasts in heaven. Only with perfect and peaceful Islam.

 

[syed putra]

They forgot to mention the bomb makers were from malaysia.
And when Abu bakar Bashir and hambali was wanted in Indonesia, mslaysia gave them PR and refuge.

This is exactly same situation now with zakir naik. If you want to completely obliterate terrorism, you need to look at Malaysia.