Turkey to deport 16 Indonesians allegedly trying to Join IS

JAKARTA: -- A group of 16 Indonesians, most of them women and children, arrested earlier this month in Turkey on suspicion of trying to cross the border to Syria to join militant group the Islamic State (IS) could be deported as soon as Tuesday, The Jakarta Globe reported.

Gen Badrodin Haiti, deputy chief of the National Police, said on Monday that his office had received information that the Turkish government would deport the 16 Indonesians soon.

A group of 12 will be deported first, before the remaining four, including a pregnant woman, are sent home.

On their arrival home, the group would be questioned about any other Indonesians that have left to join IS or might do so in the future, Badrodin said..

They would be released if the authorities did not find any links to IS, he said.

Another 16 Indonesian citizens who went missing from a tour group this month are yet to be located. Turkish authorities have not confirmed yet if they are still in Turkey or have crossed into Syria.

More than 500 Indonesian jihadists are believed to be fighting with IS in Syria or Iraq.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/turkey-to-deport-16-indonesians-allegedly-trying-to-join-is

-- Thai PBS 2015-03-24

Would not surprise me, and others, that the majority of Indos support ISIS and the world wide call for sharia law. After all, infidels are 'evil'. So not doubt the Indo police will have an easy time letting these folks return home and continue to plan their join ISIS, and probably counsel like-minded neighbors.

Religion: the bane of all mankind.

Would not surprise me, and others, that the majority of Indos support ISIS and the world wide call for sharia law. After all, infidels are 'evil'. So not doubt the Indo police will have an easy time letting these folks return home and continue to plan their join ISIS, and probably counsel like-minded neighbors.

Religion: the bane of all mankind.

If the majority of Indonesians support the implementation of Sharia law (by this I assume you mean Sharia Criminal Law) why has Sharia Law not been incorporated into the Penal Code / Constitution? How come Indonesia has had successful democratic elections that are not supported by Islamic radical ideology?

With a population of approx 210 million Muslims there are less Indos signing up with IS than those from the roughly 3 million UK Muslims.

Islamic extremism was previously fairly sucessfully repressed by the Indo security regeime. However seems they now need to refocus their efforts to take on the new challenge of IS ideology.