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2017-01-13 Southeast Asia
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Terrorism no longer a man’s world in Indonesia
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[TODAYONLINE] Women’s roles in terrorist networks in Indonesia have until now been dictated by their kinship ties through marriage, involving facilitating logistics and finance for terrorist acts. But there is a growing trend of women taking on combat roles.
Detachment 88, Indonesia’s police counter-terrorism unit, recently locked away
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
three women who were allegedly involved in plotting to bomb the Indonesian State Palace. The women -- Dian Yulia Novi, Arida Putri Maharani and Tutin Sugiarti -- were a part of a Solo-based terrorist network under the coordination of Bahrun Naim, the man allegedly behind the 2016 Jakarta attacks.
A few days after their arrest, Detachment 88 also arrested Ika Puspitasari in a mosque near her home in Purworejo, Central Java.
Novi and Maharani are the wives of Muhammad Nur Solihin, who is believed to be the leader of the terror cell. Novi was responsible for preparing the planned suicide kaboom at the Indonesian State Palace.
Maharani was aware of these preparations for the attack and had facilitated its funding. Sugiarti, interestingly, played a key role in radicalising Novi despite Novi being married to the group’s head. The last woman, Puspitasari, had prepared to conduct a suicide kaboom in Bali on New Year’s Eve.
Within Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), Indonesia’s most infamous terrorist group, women previously played only intermediary and childbearing roles, with the purpose of boosting ties and nurturing future jihadists in a bid to expand the group’s numbers. JI also relied on women to raise funds for violent jihad.
For example, Noralwizah Lee Binti Abdullah, a Sabah-Chinese woman who was the wife of JI’s former operational commander Hambali
...real name Riduan Isamuddin, close personal friend of Osama bin Laden, one of the founders of Jemaah Islamiyah and the planner of the 2002 Bali bombings. He was captured with the help of a mid-Eastern intel service, shipped to Guantanamo to rot but he'll likely be released eventually because that was a long time ago and we were all so much younger then...
, was believed to be JI’s chief accountant.
Classical Islam does not favour women taking on combative roles. But, with the rise of the so-called Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(IS), the role of women in violent terrorist acts is evolving.
With the goal of establishing an Islamic state at all costs, IS has had to extend the kinds of roles available to women in their organization, involving them to a greater degree in armed combat and suicide missions. IS has established the al-Khansaa Brigade, a women-only unit that patrols around cities such as Raqqa and djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
to enforce IS’ fundamentalist interpretation of Islamic values. Women also fought on the frontlines for IS in Libya.
Increased combat and planning roles for women in Indonesian terror cells reflects the influence and growing network of IS allies in South-east Asia. The East Indonesia Mujahideen (MIT) terror group, which pledges allegiance to IS, has conducted weapons training for its women including the wife of MIT’s commander. We should expect more women to be direct participants in terrorism in the future.
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Posted by Fred 2017-01-13 00:00||
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