Countering home grown terrorism appraising the effectiveness of Indonesian strategy on countering radical Islamic terror threat.

Abstract

Indonesia, the biggest Islamic population in the world within the history of ethnic and religious conflicts in Ambon-Maluku, Poso-Central Sulawesi and Sampit- Kalimantan, had experienced several terrorist attacks since 2002 - 2005 such as Bali bombing, Atrium mall bombing, J.W. Marriot bombing, and Christmas Eve bombings. Most of the attacks had been conducted by a radical Islamic terrorist group, Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).