“I am no longer a terrorist.” The first speaker at our peacemaking event had been a member of JAD, the same terrorist group behind the Surabaya church bombings in 2018, famous for using children as young as nine years old as suicide bombers. After a series of bomb attacks, there was a nation-wide net thrownContinue reading “Doorways into Terrorism”
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Children Bombing Children—The Surabaya Church Bombings
The family that bombs together… On May 13, 2018 a Muslim family of six took on three suicide bombing missions, attacking 3 churches in Surabaya, Indonesia. At least 18 people died, and dozens were injured. A nine-year-old Muslim girl blew herself up in front of a church. An eleven-year-old Christian boy died. Children raised toContinue reading “Children Bombing Children—The Surabaya Church Bombings”
Jim Baton 