1. Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Issue 3: Finances, Support, Recruitment
Clay Bainbridge

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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?