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Jaffar Umar Thalib

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Noun1.Jaffar Umar Thalib - Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad; uses violence to achieve political ends (1965-2000)
act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear


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It does not teach radical Islam but is run by Jaffar Umar Thalib, an anti-Soviet mujahidin in Afghanistan in the 1980s, who proudly admits to killing Russians.
It does not teach radical Islam but is run by Jaffar Umar Thalib, an anti-Soviet mujahidin in Afghanistan in the 1980s, who became notorious in the late 1990s for leading a jihad in Ambon, where local Christians and Muslims were fighting a civil war that claimed hundreds of lives.
 
 
 
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