Top JI cleric Abu Bakar released from prison, should MUIS invite him to SG topreach love & peace and spread Islam?

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AKARTA: Indonesia’s radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, who is linked to the deadly 2002 Bali bombings, was released from prison on Friday (Jan 8).

Bashir, 82, was jailed in 2011 for his involvement in militant training camps in Indonesia’s westernmost province Aceh. His 15-year sentence was cut short due to regular sentence reductions tied to good behaviour and his deteriorating health.

The cleric is considered the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), an extremist network linked to Al-Qaeda which was among others accused of orchestrating the 2002 Bali bombings killing more than 200 people, mostly Australians.

Prior to his release, his son Abdul Rochim Bashir told CNA that they have no plans to hold a celebration after his departure from Gunung Sindur prison in West Java province.

“There are no plans … We are just going to take him home, that’s it,” said the son who is also a cleric.

Bashir is expected to reside in his Islamic boarding school Islam Al Mukmin in Ngruki, Central Java with his son.

Bashir co-founded the school in 1972, and he was subsequently accused by the then Suharto regime of promoting an Islamic state which is not in line with the state’s ideology.

He was sentenced to prison in the 1980s but managed to escape and fled to Malaysia.

In Malaysia, he set up JI and is regarded as the spiritual leader of the group.

After Suharto’s fall in 1998, Bashir returned to Indonesia.

 

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JI was thought to be behind the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings, the 2004 Australian embassy bombing in Jakarta, as well as the 2003 and 2009 Jakarta JW Marriot hotel bombings.

The 2002 Bali bombings were Indonesia’s deadliest terrorist attack in its history.

Bashir was jailed in 2004 for conspiracy over the 2002 Bali bombings and released in June 2006. He has repeatedly denied involvement in the 2002 bombing.

FILE PHOTO: Indonesian radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir enters a courtroom for the first day
FILE PHOTO: Indonesian radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir enters a courtroom for the first day of an appeal hearing in Cilacap, Central Java province, Jan 12, 2016. (Photo: REUTERS/Darren Whiteside)
Upon his release, he continued to be linked with JI, while denying involvement in Al-Qaeda.

In 2008, he established a militant group called Jamaah Anshorut Tauhid (JAT), which was accused of having a militant training camp in Aceh. It was in this connection that Bashir was again jailed in 2011 after being convicted of setting up the camp and funding it.

While in prison, Bashir pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) in 2014.

Last month, the Indonesian authorities arrested suspected leaders of JI, indicating that the group is still active.

 

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Abu bakar basyir, hambali wanted by indonesia but were given refuge by malaysia and were given PR, same as what Zakir Naik got.
Politicians in malaysia used religion to the extreme and now maybe no going back. Too late. Even when Dr m returned, and before that najib, all did the same thing. Muhyiddin's father was a religious teacher.

The foundation help create bomb makers from malaysia which were involved in indonesia bombings such as Nordin Top and Azahari.

Even in southern Philippines, the bomb makers are from Malaysia.

Malaysian expert bomb maker for Abu Sayyaf shot in fight with Philippines military

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KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The right-hand man of Malaysian Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist Dr Mahmud Ahmad is believed to have been killed in the southern Philippines following skirmishes with the military.
An intelligence source said Mohd Najib Husen, a Malaysian who became an expert bomb maker for the Abu Sayyaf Group, was shot during the clash in Basilan on Tuesday (Dec 15).
"Mohd Najib, who is also known as Abu Anas was not killed instantly but died a few hours later," said the source, adding that some 13 Abu Sayyaf members were also killed.
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Government forces in the southern Philippines said Saturday they were hunting a suspected Malaysian bomb-maker who may be helping local Al-Qaeda-linked extremists. (File photo: AFP)
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Government forces in the southern Philippines said Saturday they were hunting a suspected Malaysian bomb-maker who may be helping local Al-Qaeda-linked extremists.

The suspect, identified as Mohammad Najib, is believed to have fled after troops overran one of their bomb-making camps on the southern island of Basilan on Thursday, said Colonel Joselito Rolando Bautista, the island's military commander.

Three militants and one soldier were killed when soldiers overran the camp of the Abu Sayyaf group, an armed band founded in the 1990s with seed money from Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network.

“Mohammad Najib has been helping Ustadz Abbas Alam, the Abu Sayyaf leader in the area in making bombs and recruiting young people,” he told reporters.

Local mayor Jain Pawaki said residents had also told him that a Malaysian had been assisting the Abu Sayyaf especially in bomb-making.