http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Indonesia/10082058.html
Published: 12/11/2006 12:00 AM (UAE) Indonesian Islamist group aims to rein in radicals Agencies Jakarta: Southeast Asia's biggest militant organisation, the Jemaah Islamiah network, is seeking to rein in its radical wing and invoke Islamic law against the anti-Western attacks demanded by Osama Bin Laden. Analysts say literature posted on the group's website calls into question a 1998 decree from Bin Laden that Muslims must hit Western targets in defence of their faith. The new trend, they say, follows a split within the movement into mainstream and pro-bombing factions that dates at least from the first Bali resort blast in 2002 and picked up speed through three subsequent suicide attacks. Greg Fealy of the Australian National University said, "It is my view that JI has split and that the evidence for that is mounting." Now, said Fealy, the network's clerics were trying to isolate the bombers by undercutting support for violent attacks. "The ulama within JI wants to re-impose a classical understanding of Islamic law. The divergence of views on the (Bin Laden) fatwa is greater than it was," he said [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
