ISIS and the Shift in Terrorism Movement in
Indonesia (2014-2018)
Masmuhah
1
, Yon Machmudi
2
, Muhammad Syauqillah
3
{
1
masmuhahoecha@hotmail.com,
2
machmudi@ui.ac.id,
3
muhamadsyauqillah@ui.ac.id}
1,2,3
School of Strategic and Global Studies, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
Abstract. The diminishing power of ISIS in Iraq and Syria does not necessarily
reduce the intensity of global terrorist. Instead, it poses another threat to other
countries with the return of the ISIS militant FTFs who will act in their
respective countries. Acts of terrorism in Indonesia since 2014-2018 have been
heavily influenced by organizations affiliated with ISIS or ISIS sympathizers.
Despite being relatively smaller in terms of scale and casualties, the act of
terrorism is demanding and intense. In this period, acts of terror differed from
the previous period, both in terms of targets, patterns of movement, motivation,
and the actors involved. Therefore, the aim of this research is to find out whether
there has been a shift in orientation of terrorism movement in Indonesia in 2014-
2018. The theory used is The Lone Wolf Terrorism. This research is explanative
with observation method, interview and field documentation on former terrorist
used as primary data, supported by secondary data in the form of literature study.
The results obtained from this study indicate that there has been a shift in the
orientation of terrorism movement in Indonesia in a number of aspects, namely
the shifting pattern of movement due to the emergence of lone wolf terrorism,
the shift in motivation due to the concept of takfiri and the purpose of
establishment Daulah Islamiyah by ISIS, shift in recruitment method from
conventional to modern as well as actors involving teenagers, women and
children.
Keywords: ISIS, Terrorism Movement, Lone Wolf Terrorism
1. INTRODUCTION
Since its foundation, the core purpose of ISIS's strategy is the creation and expansion of
the Islamic caliphate. While Syria and Iraq remain the ideological heart of ISIS, its leaders
seek enlargement of their Caliphate to Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Abu Bakar Al
Baghdadi's declaration is certainly one of the factors of how the "promises" of the Islamic
state and the Islamic Caliphate in Syria and Iraq drew the attention of individuals and groups
of jihadists all over the world. By mid 2015, more than 30,000 jihadist combatants from
around 90 foreign countries came to Syria and Iraq, including a thousand personnels from
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DOI 10.4108/eai.24-10-2018.2289663