Abdullah Sungkar (1937 – 20 October 1999) founded and led
Jemaah Islamiyah
Jemaah Islamiyah ( ar, الجماعة الإسلامية, ''al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmiyyah'', meaning "Islamic Congregation", frequently abbreviated JI) is a Southeast Asian militant extremist Islamist terrorist group based in Indonesia, which i ...
, an
Islamist terrorist
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Incidents and fatalities ...
and separatist organization. He was of
Hadhrami Arab
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descent.
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Abu Bakar Ba'asyir
Abu Bakar Ba'asyir ( ; ar, أبو بكر باعشير, ʾAbū Bakr Bāʿašīr; ; ; born 17 August 1938) also known as Abu Bakar Bashir, Abdus Somad, and Ustad Abu ("Teacher Abu") is an Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of Jamaah Ansharut Tau ...
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1937 births
1999 deaths
Jemaah Islamiyah
Hadhrami people
Indonesian people of Yemeni descent
Pirate radio personalities
Indonesian Islamists
Leaders of Islamic terror groups
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