Indonesian Court Disbands Islamic State-Linked Group for ‘Terrorism’

Indonesian Court Disbands Islamic State-Linked Group for ‘Terrorism’
A chief of Jemaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), the country's largest Islamic State-linked group, arrives for his trial at South Jakarta court in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 31, 2018. Antara Foto/Sigid Kurniawan/via Reuters
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JAKARTA—An Indonesian court disbanded the country’s largest Islamic State-linked group, Jemaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), on Tuesday, July 31, for “conducting terrorism” and affiliating itself with the foreign militant organization.

Senior JAD figure Zainal Anshori stood up and shouted “Allahu akbar” when the judge delivered the ruling in the heavily guarded courtroom in Jakarta, capital of the world’s largest Muslim-majority country.