| Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid | |
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| جماعة انصار التوحيد | |
| Also known as | JAT, Helpers of Tawhid Congregation |
| Leader | Abu Bakar Baasyir (founder), Mochammad Achwan (leader of splinter group Jamaah Ansharusy Syariah) |
| Foundation | July 27, 2008 (2008-07-27) |
| Dissolved | July 23, 2014 (2014-07-23) |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Allegiance | (Disputed - formerly Al-Qaeda, some members pledged allegiance to ISIS) |
| Motives | Establishing an Islamic caliphate in Southeast Asia (disputed after split) |
| Headquarters | Solo, Java, Indonesia |
| Active regions | Indonesia (including Aceh and Central Sulawesi) |
| Ideology |
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| Major actions | Terrorism (including 2011 Central Java church bombing) |
| Notable attacks | 2011 Central Java church bombing, involvement in 2012 Bali shootings |
| Status | Designated as a terrorist organization by the UN and US |
| Size | 1,500–2,000 (estimated in 2012, much smaller after split) |
| Allies | (Formerly Jemaah Islamiyah) |
| Opponents | Indonesian government, counter-terrorism forces |
| Website | (Formerly maintained a website, now likely defunct) |
Preceded by Jemaah Islamiyah | |
Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid orJemaah Anshorut Tauhid (Indonesian:جماعة أنصار التوحيد,lit. 'Helpers ofTawhid Congregation', abbreviated asJAT) was a splinter cell of theJemaah Islamiyah (JI) designated as aterrorist organization by the United Nations and the United States. The latter is most known for perpetrating the2002 Bali bombings along withAzahari Husin andNoordin Mohammad Top, bothMalaysian terrorist kingpin.[1]
Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid was formed byAbu Bakar Baasyir on 27 July 2008 inSolo, Java, Indonesia[2] and has bases acrossIndonesia including inAceh andCentral Sulawesi.[3]
In September 2011, a JAT suicide bomber detonated explosives in a central Java church, killing himself and wounding dozens of others.[4]
On March 18, 2012, at least one of five armed men killed by Indonesian counter-terrorist forces in Bali was said to be a member of JAT.[5] The men were killed while awaiting the arrival of prostitutes at a local hotel.[6]
In 2012, the U.S. Department of State and the United Nations placed sanctions on the organization and named it as a terrorist group.[4][7][8]
In 2012, the group was thought to have approximately 1,500–2,000 members.[3]
The group remained very active in Indonesia in 2012, and it publicly maintained a website, as of January 2013.[9]Abu Bakar Baasyir's son,Abdul Rohim Ba'asyir was said to be JAT's PR Chairman and had worked foral-Qaeda in Afghanistan in 2002.[3]
In August 2014, the group suffered a split over Abu Bakar Baasyir'spledge of allegiance toAbu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of theIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).[3][10] Many members of the group, including top leaders, and Baasyir's sons reportedly disagreed with this decision over ideological reasons and left to form a new group calledJamaah Ansharusy Syariah,[11] led by Mochammad Achwan.
After 2014, the group was nearly defunct. From estimated 2,000 - 3,000 JAT members in 2014, only 5% that still pledged their allegiance to JAT's Abu Bakar Baasyir Faction.[12] The organization eventually collapsed on 25 Ramadan 1435H (23 July 2014),[13] but its members and sympathizers still existed until the present day.[14]
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