IS replication in Indonesia and counterterrorism after the Sigi attack
9 January 2021 Authors: Any Rufaedah, UNUSIA and Idhamsyah Eka Putra, Persada Indonesia University After losing 95 per cent of its territories in Iraq and Syria, the so-called Islamic State (IS) movement is widely considered to have fallen. Yet despite its territorial collapse, IS still has support among Islamist militant groups in Indonesia. One of them is Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT), a group that pledged its allegiance to IS in 2014 and labelled a terrorist group by the US Department of State in 2015. The group has faced serious logistical problems — particularly in recruiting new fig...
Source: eastasiaforum.org