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Southeast Asia |
Web forums indicate JI split |
2006-11-13 |
![]() JI's radical wing, led by fugitive Noordin Top, used the so-called bin Laden fatwa to justify the four bombings - two in Bali and two in Jakarta. It also relied on al Qaeda for some initial financing, but how the relationship developed after that is in dispute. A total of 253 people were killed in the blasts and hundreds more were hurt. "It is my view that JI has split and that the evidence for that is mounting," Greg Fealy, of the Australian National University, said. Now, said Fealy, the network's clerics were trying to isolate the bombers by undercutting support for violent attacks. "The ulama within JI wants to reimpose a classical understanding of Islamic law. The divergence of views on the (bin Laden) fatwa is greater than it was," he said. |
Posted by:Fred |
#1 Reminds me of MONTY PYTHON's LIFE OF BRIAN > "Naughty naughty boy(z)". |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-11-13 01:37 |