Abu Bakar Bashir's imprisonment : what next?

• Main Authors: Muhammad Haniff Hassan, Nur Azlin Yasin
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94912; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7839
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The conviction of Abu Bakar Bashir is an important milestone in the fight against violent radicals in Indonesia. However, its effect on the radicalisation problem on the ground may not be significant unless Bashir’s influence within and outside the prison is curbed.