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![General Moeldoko (left), commander of the Indonesian armed forces (TNI), affixes a patch on a soldier's uniform during the December 1st opening ceremony of Tri Matra IX, a joint exercise among TNI's different branches at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Banten Province. [Courtesy of TNI]](/shared/images/2014/12/17/141217_ID_ADITYA_MOELDOKO-150_100.jpg)
The military and Indonesian society at-large must work hand-in-hand to crush terrorist groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), TNI commander General Moeldoko says.
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![Christians carry a giant egg papered with messages for the president after an Easter service outside the presidential palace in Jakarta on March 31st, 2013. Now, the new government is drafting a bill to shield Indonesia's religious minorities and unofficial religious groups from intolerance, Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin says. [Adek Berry/AFP]](/shared/images/2014/12/16/141216-ZAHARA-ID-TOLERANCEBILL-150_100.jpg)
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's government is working on a proposed law aimed at promoting communal harmony and ridding the diverse nation of religious intolerance.
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![Wawan Purwanto, an intelligence and security analyst at the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT), addresses a forum at Maulana Malik Ibrahim Islamic State University in Malang, East Java, on November 19th. He said about 300 Indonesians were fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the Middle East. Since, the number has grown to 514, according to the BNPT. [Aditya Surya/Khabar]](/shared/images/2014/12/13/141213-ADITYA_RESISTED_ISIS2-150_100.jpg)
2014-12-13
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is "spreading wrong teachings of Islam", former NU chairman warns.
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![Protesters show placards reading "the Jihad battlefield has opened in Indonesia" in a show of support for soon-to-be executed Bali bombers in November 2008. A group of 300 ulemas gathered at a December 6th to 8th conference in Depok to address the problem of jihadism and to strengthen domestic counterterrorism efforts. [Wawan Irawan/AFP]](/shared/images/2014/12/12/141212-ADITYA_ID_ULAMAS-150_100.jpg)
BNPT conference attempts to map out roots of terrorism; works with ulemas to blunt ISIS growth in Indonesia.
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![Muhammad Rizieq Shihab (centre), head of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), speaks during a rally outside the parliament building in Jakarta on November 10th. The FPI is demanding Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama be removed from office, and has "inaugurated" its own pick for the governorship. [Adek Berry/AFP]](/shared/images/2014/12/11/141211-ADITYA-ID-FPI-150_100.jpg)
2014-12-11
Indonesian hardliners announce "new Jakarta governor"
The Islamic Defenders Group (FPI), which is calling for the removal of Jakarta's ethnic Chinese governor, spews hatred and is anti-democratic, its critics say.
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![President Joko Widodo (centre) and Military Commander General Moeldoko (left) attend the Indo Defence Expo in Jakarta on November 7th. Moeldoko warned that ISIS poses a threat to anyone, anywhere, at any time. [Bay Ismoyo/AFP]](/shared/images/2014/12/10/141209_ID_ADITYA_MOELDOKO-150_100.jpg)
Youth can also help by countering ISIS's influence on social media.
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![Buildings and cars burn in the aftermath of the October 13th, 2002 terrorist bomb blasts in Kuta, Bali. The force of the explosion pinned Legian resident Rukmiati Hapsari between a car and a wall. Though her injuries were not grave, it took nearly three years for her to recover from the experience. [Darma/AFP]](/shared/images/2014/12/10/141210-ALISHA_ID_BALIVICTIM-150_100.jpg)
"A horrible dizziness": survivor recalls Bali bombings
The beauty of Islam and the execution of justice helped Rukmiati Hapsari heal, slowly, after that fateful night she was lucky to survive.
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![Members of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), Malaysia's ruling party, wait for Prime Minister Najib Razak to arrive at UMNO's annual congress in Kuala Lumpur on November 27th. As the congress closed Saturday (November 29th), Home Minister and UMNO Vice President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi shocked delegates by screening an uncensored video of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters beheading prisoners. [Manan Vatsyayana/AFP]](/shared/images/2014/12/06/141206-ALISHA-MY-UMNO-150_100.jpg)
An uncensored video depicting the beheading of captives by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria fighters gets people's attention at the United Malays National Organisation annual congress.
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![Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, left, decorates a participant with a medal at the national camp for Islamic Student Association board members in Cibubur, Jakarta, on November 12th. [Maeswara Palupi/Khabar]](/shared/images/2014/12/05/141205-MAESWARA_ID_STUDENTS-150_100.jpg)
Indonesian student leaders to help stop radicalism in schools
The Ministry of Religious Affairs is enlisting "rohis" in the battle to win young hearts and minds.
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![Bomb victim Ayub Aseh is treated at Srisakhon Hospital in Narathiwat. Ayub was wounded and thrown backward from the force of a roadside Improvised Explosive Device (IED) near Dahong Village. Local residents came to his aid. [Rapee Mama/Khabar]](/shared/images/2014/12/04/141203-RAPEE_TH_BOMBVIC-150_100.jpg)
2014-12-04
Deep South Muslims often injured by insurgent IEDs
Cynical rebels mock authorities with "sorry, wrong person" leaflets.
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![Taufik Abdul Halim walks with police in Jakarta in 2001. He returned to Malaysia last month after serving 12 years in an Indonesian prison. [AFP]](/shared/images/2014/12/03/141203-AHMAD_MY_TAUFLIK-150_100.jpg)
2014-12-03
Malaysia monitoring released JI terrorist
Taufik Abdul Halim returned to his family in November, but the government is keeping a close eye on the recently-repatriated jihadist.
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![Dwi Welasih (far left) stands with other bomb attack survivors and their families at an event in Garuda Wisnu Kencana, Bali, marking the 10th anniversary of the 2002 Bali bombings. [Courtesy of Dwi Welasih]](/shared/images/2014/12/02/141202-ZAHARA_ID_VICTIM-150_100.jpg)
Indonesian bombing survivor spreads message of peace
"We are now like a big family," Dwi Welasih, a victim of the 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing, says of herself and other survivors of terrorism.
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![Iraqi families fleeing ISIS-perpetrated violence arrive to take refuge in a Kurdish-controlled area in Mullah Abdullah, Iraq, on October 15th. [Marwan Ibrahim/AFP]](/shared/images/2014/12/02/141201-AS_ISILPRISONS-150_100.jpg)
2014-12-02
The large number of people in the militant group's custody shows the depth of popular resistance against its violent cause, the Iraqi interior minister says.
![General Moeldoko (left), commander of the Indonesian armed forces (TNI), affixes a patch on a soldier's uniform during the December 1st opening ceremony of Tri Matra IX, a joint exercise among TNI's different branches at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Banten Province. [Courtesy of TNI]](/shared/images/2014/12/17/141217_ID_ADITYA_MOELDOKO-100_67.jpg)
![Christians carry a giant egg papered with messages for the president after an Easter service outside the presidential palace in Jakarta on March 31st, 2013. Now, the new government is drafting a bill to shield Indonesia's religious minorities and unofficial religious groups from intolerance, Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin says. [Adek Berry/AFP]](/shared/images/2014/12/16/141216-ZAHARA-ID-TOLERANCEBILL-100_67.jpg)
![Wawan Purwanto, an intelligence and security analyst at the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT), addresses a forum at Maulana Malik Ibrahim Islamic State University in Malang, East Java, on November 19th. He said about 300 Indonesians were fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the Middle East. Since, the number has grown to 514, according to the BNPT. [Aditya Surya/Khabar]](/shared/images/2014/12/13/141213-ADITYA_RESISTED_ISIS2-100_67.jpg)
![Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak addresses parliament October 10th. On Wednesday (November 26th), he introduced a white paper in parliament that proposes tougher anti-terrorism legislation. [Mohd Rasfan/AFP]](/shared/images/2014/11/27/141127-ALISHA-RAZAK-MY-100_67.jpg)
![A woman reacts outside Jakarta's Ritz-Carlton hotel on July 17th, 2009 after bomb blasts tore through it and the nearby JW Marriott. Two suspected Jemaah Islamiyah suicide bombers killed at least six people and injured more than 40 others. [Arif Ariadi/AFP]](/shared/images/2014/12/09/141209_GLOBALTERROR_KSEA_ID_JAKARTARITZ09_PE1-270_180.jpg)