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Jemaah Islamiyah (Organization)

LC control no.n 2004010298
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Corporate name headingJemaah Islamiyah (Organization)
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Variant(s)Al-Jama'ah Al-Islamiyah (Organization)
Jamaah Islamiyah (Organization)
Jemaa Islamiyah (Organization)
Jemaa Islamiyyah (Organization)
JI (Jemaah Islamiyah)
Beginning date1993-01-01
Associated countryIndonesia Singapore Malaysia Philippines Australia Papua New Guinea
Found inBatley, Brek. The complexities of dealing with radical Islam in Southeast Asia, 2003: t.p. (Jemaah Islamiyah) p. 2, etc. (Jamaah Islamiyah; radical Islamic group of Southeast Asia)
Smith, Gergory. The Bali paradox, 2011: title page (Jemaah Islamiyah) page 4, etc. (Jemaah Islamiyah (JI); Abu Bakar Bashir and Abdullah Sungkar created JI on 1 January 1993; published the General Guide for the Struggle of Al Jama'ah Al-Islamiyah (PUPJI); From 1993-1996, Sungkar served as the emir of JI and its spiritual leader; JI was subdivided in a highly organized structure, its regions divided into four Mantiqis or territories; each Mantiqi reports to the overall JI leadership; Mantiqi I--Singapore and Malaysia, Mantiqi II--Indonesia, Mantiqi III--Sabah, Sulawesi and South Phillippines, Mantiqi IV--Australia and Papua New Guinea; under each Mantiqi is a Wakalah (district) followed by Kirdas (sectors), and finally a Fiaah or individual cell)
Australian National Security, January 17, 2017 : Australian National Security >>Terrorist organisations >>(Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), Also known as: Al-Jama'ah Al-Islamiyah; Jamaah Islamiyah; Jama'ah Islamiyah; Jemaa Islamiya; Jema'a Islamiya; Jemaa Islamiyah; Jema'a Islamiyya; Jemaa Islamiyya; Jemaa Islamiyyah; Jemaah Islamiah; Jemaah Islamiya; Jeemah Islamiyah; Jema'ah Islamiyah; Jemaah Islamiyyah; Jema'ah Islamiyyah; JI; JI is a Salafi jihadist group inspired by the same ideology as al Qa'ida)