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REVISITING THE DERADICALIZATION IN INDONESIA: A PROPOSAL FOR BETTER IMPLEMENTATION Riyanta, Stanislaus; Rahayu, Amy YS; Mamoto, Benny J
Journal of Terrorism Studies Vol. 3, No. 1
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Terrorism has been one of the most concerning issues in Indonesia since it has penetrated all layers of society, including families and even police officers. Interestingly, some of the terrorist attacks have been launched by the ex-convicts of terrorism and this finding indicates that the deradicalization program, as one of the ways for mitigating the massive wave of terrorism, turns out to be ineffective. If this situation is not given proper attention, then in both the near and the far future it can be predicted that terrorism will be a recurrent theme of issues in the state. Therefore, there should be a concerted effort toward battling the terrorism and such concerted effort can be pursued through a collaboration between the academicians as part of civil society and the government. In relation to the statement, through this article the possible ways to involve the academicians in order to improve the implementation of the deradicalization program in Indonesia will be discussed in order to find the enlightenment that can deliver the better results.
SHORTCUT TO TERRORISM: SELF-RADICALIZATION AND LONE- WOLF TERROR ACTS: A CASE STUDY OF INDONESIA Riyanta, Stanislaus
Journal of Terrorism Studies Vol. 4, No. 1
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A surprising phenomenon was observed in the lone-wolf terror terrorism that occurred in Indonesia. This is associated with the fact that the perpetrators of seven out of thirteen cases reported were exposed to radical information through social media and the internet without directly joining a terrorist group. The process involved the intensive exploration of the internet by people previously interested in radicalism content which eventually led to self-radicalization and the subsequent terror acts. Meanwhile, Fathali M Moghaddam proposed that the process of radicalization before a terror act is conducted involves six stages of action known as the staircase to terrorism. This concept was, however, observed to be irrelevant to the lone-wolf terror act considering the fact that the second to fifth stairs are usually reached through a shortcut based on the activities conducted on the internet. Therefore, this study proposed an adjustment to the Moghaddam's staircase to terrorism due to the rise of self-radicalization through the internet and also developed a prevention mechanism which involves community engagement to build community resilience towards preventing the shortcut through the provision of efforts to complement the actions of security forces in order to stem the prevalence of lone-wolf terror in the country.