- Abdullah Sungkar
Abdullah Sungkar (1937 - November 1999) founded and led
Jemaah Islamiyah , anIslamic terrorist and separatist organization. He was of HadhramiArab descent. [ [http://www.hudson.org/files/pdf_upload/eliraz%20pdf.pdf Islam and Polity in Indonesia] ] [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A30378-2003Jan8?language=printer Indonesia's Radical Arabs Raise Suspicions of Moderate Countrymen] ] [ [http://jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369782 The Emir: An Interview with Abu Bakar Ba’asyir, Alleged Leader of the Southeast Asian Jemaah Islamiyah Organization] ]Biography
Sheikh Abdullah Sungkar was born in
Surakarta in 1937.After finishing high school in Solo, he did not continue with further education due to the economic situation of his family. This did not deter him, however, from learning as much as he could including Arabic and English. He worked as a Da'i (preacher) giving lectures until December 1971 . Together with some friends, he opened an Islamic Boarding School, Al-Mu'min, in Ngruki-solo, which still exists today.
In 1969 He established Radio Da'wah Islamiyyah Surakarta. By 1975 it was banned from going on air. Many times he entered and left jail and on the 19th of November 1978 he entered jail for 3 1/2 Years on the grounds of trying to establish the Islamic State of Indonesia whilst denigrating the nation based on
Pancasila .During his 3 1/2 years in jail, he memorised Al-Qur'an. After his release in April 1982 and whilst awaiting a further trial, he escaped Indonesia together with his life long friend, Sheikh
Abu Bakar Ba'asyir .He lived in exile unable to return to Indonesia in safety until the resignation of President
Suharto . He then returned to Indonesia and continued to teach Islam. After a midday lecture given on Saturday the 23rd of October, 1999 at a location inBogor , West Java, he died peacefully in his sleep.ee also
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*Abu Bakar Bashir References
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