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April 05, 2021 Zakiah Aini. Twitter Last Wednesday (March 31)  morning, 25-year-old Indonesian university dropout Zakiah Aini wrote a letter saying goodbye to her family and headed out of the house. As morning turned to dusk, the quiet millennial’s parents began to worry – there had been no word from Zakiah, who rarely left the family home. They became even more anxious when her sister found the goodbye note. “Her sister wanted to report her [missing] but didn’t quite know where to rep...

Rizieq Shihab was declared a suspect and detained in relation to a Nov 14 mass event. - AFP JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): Indonesian vigilante group Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) has enticed ex-members of disbanded Muslim hardline group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) to join them, and conducted army-like training for young recruits. The revelation came as police released more details of what happened during a shoot-out between police and FPI leader Rizieq Shihabs bodyguards last week. "They r...

Indonesian vigilante group Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) has recruited former members of the disbanded Muslim hardline group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) and conducted army-like training for young recruits. The revelation came as the police yesterday released more details of what happened during a shoot-out between officers and the bodyguards of FPI leader Rizieq Shihab last week. "They recruited the die-hard types from Garut, Sukabumi, Bogor to train in Megamendung to become Laskar (paramilit...

JAKARTA - Indonesian vigilante group Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) has enticed ex-members of disbanded Muslim hardline group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) to join them, and conducted army-like training for young recruits. "They recruited the die-hard types from Garut, Sukabumi, Bogor to train in Megamendung to become laskar (paramilitary troops)," said a senior government official who spoke on condition of anonymity. "This is high militancy and calls for a prompt action." FPI runs an Islamic bo...