ISIS-Linked Cleric Behind Indonesia Terrorist Attacks Receives Death Sentence

ISIS-Linked Cleric Behind Indonesia Terrorist Attacks Receives Death Sentence
Islamic cleric Aman Abdurrahman leaves a court following his verdict in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 22, 2018. Reuters/Darren Whiteside
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JAKARTA—An Indonesian court on Friday, June 22, sentenced to death a cleric linked to ISIS, for masterminding from his jail cell a string of deadly terrorist attacks across the world’s largest Muslim-majority country.

The ruling comes as Indonesia struggles to rein in a rising tide of homegrown terrorism, inspired in part by the terrorist group ISIS, with parliament approving tougher anti-terrorism laws last month.