Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Issue 3: Finances, Support, Recruitment Clay Bainbridge
Financing within Indonesia member remittances small public donations from within Muslim community Indonesia’s strategic location black market gun and drug trade, smuggling piracy, extortion
Financing outside of Indonesia relationship with Al-Qaeda Hawala banking, charities direct funding of JI operations direct donations from donors and Islamic charities Arab Sunni-majority nations, recent immigrants to the West no government support
Recruitment within Southeast Asia family connections recruits drawn from members’ families offers of marriage Islamic schools/madrassas charismatic Imams with JI connections JI recruiters stationed at mosques, madrassas, Islamic centers outreach to Southeast Asian Islamic communities
JI Recruitment through Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda feeds recruits directly to JI Wider network of access to madrassas, community centers, schools, universities, etc. JI receives specialists for training, and sends operatives to be trained by Al-Q not only finance and support, but clearance for operations also Al-Q loans experts to JI to carry out operations Is JI’s existence dependent upon Al-Q?