Familial Terrorism: An Anthropological Analysis on Familial Suicide Bombings in Surabaya, 13-14 May 2018
Dedy Tabrani
Dedy Tabrani, Program Doktoral, Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kepolisian, Jakarta.
Manuscript received on 09 May 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 19 May 2019 | Manuscript Published on 23 May 2019 | PP: 1440-1444 | Volume-7 Issue-6S5 April 2019 | Retrieval Number: F12540476S519/2019©BEIESP
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Abstract: This article examines the three bombings in Surabaya, West Java on May 2018 where a few minor group of intellectual was behind the scene of this bombings plot. By utilizing the Gramsci’s concept of intellectual and Hoffman theory of violent intelectual, I elaborate this bombing plot in an anthropological way of analysis. The Surabaya 2018 bombing was a series of bomb explosions in various places in Surabaya and Sidoarjo, East Java on 13-14 May 2018. Three places included places of worship in the Church of Santa Maria Tidak Bercela, GKI Diponegoro, and the Central Pentecostal Church of Surabaya (GPPS) Sawahan. Two other places each in the Wonocolo Flats complex in Taman, Sidoarjo and Surabaya Polrestabes Headquarters. Sociologically, the group of JAD(Jamaah Ansharu Daulah) in Surabaya was claimed to be responsible as perpetraitors. JAD is a kind of organic intellectual group who run a radical support for anti establishment movement in Indonesia aspired for the khilafah (Islamic superstate) in Syria and Iraq run under the banner of ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria).
Keywords: Familial Suicide Bombing; ISIS; Khilafah; Surabaya; JAD.
Scope of the Article: Predictive Analysis