Indonesia's far-flung 'holy war' In Ambon, a Maluku official met with the Laskar Jihad for the first time Aug. 16.(World)

From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: August 23, 2000 | Copyright information

At a humble mosque on the gentle slopes below one of Indonesia's largest volcanoes, Ja'far Umar Thalib, commander of a Muslim militia accused of terrorizing the Maluku islands, explains what jihad means to him.

"It does not just mean war. In the Koran there are 13 types of jihad," he says, as a dozen disciples clad in flowing robes gather in a loose semicircle around him. "Sometimes it means peaceful struggle. Sometimes it means doing good works. Sometimes it means a fight against Satan, and sometimes it means a fight against infidels."

So, which kind of jihad is being ...

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