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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wildan, Muhammad

Titel

Countering Violent Extremism in Indonesia: The Role of Former Terrorists and Civil Society Organisations

Ist Teil von

• Countering Violent and Hateful Extremism in Indonesia, p.195-214

Ort / Verlag

Singapore: Springer Singapore

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Alma/SFX Local Collection

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• Violent extremism and terrorism continue to represent a serious threat in Indonesia. Although there has been a decline in the immediate threat of terrorist attacks from the decades-old Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) network, new networks have emerged linked to the Islamic State (IS) movement. The declaration of the IS caliphate on 29 June 2014 saw a surge in popular support for the movement and its utopian campaign in Syria and Iraq (El Rahman, V. [2017]. MengapaSuriahMenjadiTujuan “Berjihad” Masyarakat Indonesia? Retrieved from https://www.idntimes.com/news/indonesia/vanny-rahman/mengapa-suriah-menjadi-tujuan-berjihad-masyarakat-indonesia-1/full. Accessed 29 November 2020.). In 2015 Aman Abdurrahman, one of Indonesia’s most senior and influential terrorist leaders, established Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) to coordinate support for Islamic State (IS) in Indonesia and successfully operated as leader even while incarcerated on terrorism charges. At the same time, many hundreds of Indonesians, men, women, and children, set out for Syria to join the fabled caliphate. In the light of this renewed threat, numerous government institutions and civil society organisations (CSOs) have engaged in various interventions intended to prevent and counter violent extremism (P/CVE). Many different approaches and initiatives have been developed to disengage those that have become radicalised into violent extremism as well as to prevent the spread of the throughout Indonesian society of the ultra-conservative ideology that underpins hateful and violent extremism. This article explores a range of initiatives that have been developed by CSOs in Indonesia which incorporate former terrorists in programs which occur either within or outside of prisons. This chapter also looks at initiatives conducted by CSOs to support former terrorists outside of prisons and support their reintegration into society. The experience of these programs in Indonesia, and of many other programs around the world, is that very often the most effective approach is to involve repentant former terrorists in P/CVE programs as credible voices. Because of the potential of this approach, it is argued that more use needs to make of ‘formers’ by both the government and CSOs dealing with radicalism or violent extremism in Indonesia.