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Comments on Nasir Abbas's new Jihad he pursues to save Muslims from violating the Quran - 43 views

Nasir Abbas is hunted by radical Muslims in Indonesia, Abas knows he's a marked man and in a very dangerous situation. "This is my life," he tells...

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Switching Sides: Inside The Enemy Camp, Bob Simon Talks To A Former Terrorist Commander... - 0 views

  • "So now that's why you're trying to convert them, to use a word, you're trying to covert them back to what you see as the truth path of Islam?" Simon asks.
  • "Because you feel guilty for what you taught them in the past?" Simon asks.
  • "In the past, you taught them how to use weapons, and now you're teaching them the true path of Islam?" Simon asks.
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  • "Yes, correct. Because I realize that what I did before is wrong," Abas says.
  • Abas tried to right that wrong when he took on his former teacher and the leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, Abu Bakar Bashir, who was on trial for having approved of the Bali bombings. When Abas began testifying, he was shouted down and a mob forced him from the courtroom.
  • Hunted by radical Muslims in Indonesia, Abas knows he's a marked man and in a very dangerous situation.
  • "This is my life," he tells Simon.
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    But Abas' contribution is not limited to undercover work. He is at the heart of the government's de-radicalization program, which is all about persuasion, talking to university students, combating the dogma taught in religious schools, and most important, trying to turn terrorists in the prisons.
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