Publication

This paper looks at the 2011 suicide bombings of a police mosque in Cirebon, West Java and an evangelical church in Solo, Central Java as examples of increased violent jihadism in Indonesia. It argues that if the radicalization of groups like the Cirebon men is to be halted, the government needs to build national consensus on what constitutes extremism, directly confront “hate speech”, and promote zero tolerance of religiously-inspired crimes, however minor, including in the course of anti-vice campaigns.