Abu Bakar Bashir

Abu Bakar Bashir (born 1938) is an Islamic cleric who wishes to implement sharia in Indonesia.

He is reportedly the spiritual leader of the Islamic Community Organization.

Quotes

• We swear by the Quran and Sunnah, and we will not compromise with any infidel....Islam is the truth and all else is falsehood.
  • . (2007-08-23). 101 East- Inside Indonesia's Islamic schools

• Jihad should be waged in places where there is war. Bombings in places where there is no war is not a good thing.
  • Leader of Indonesian Jama'a Islamiyya Abu Bakr Al-Ba'shir: I Support Bombings in America, But Not in the Muslim World. MEMRI (October 26, 2007).