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| 700 Indonesians signed up for jihad |
| 2001-10-09 |
On Thursday, the Indonesian government vowed to act firmly against radical groups threatening to act against US-led strikes on Afghanistan. It also promised to curb demonstrations by these groups and arrest those who intimidated foreigners in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation. The President said: 'What we will or will not do to this problem will determine the future of our nation.' But some of these groups have remained defiant, with one, the Islamic Youth Movement (GPI), dismissing the government's ban on sending volunteers to fight in Afghanistan. It said that nearly 700 people had already registered to fight. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |