1985 Borobudur bombing

Terrorist attack in a Buddhist temple

1985 Borobudur bombing

Part of terrorism in Indonesia

The damage of several stupas of Borobudur upper terraces caused by Borobudur Bombing terrorist attack on 21 January 1985

Magelang

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Magelang

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Location| Borobudur Temple, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia
Date| 21 January 1985; 38 years ago (1985-01-21) [1] (UTC \+ 7)
Target| Borobudur Temple

Attack type

| Bombing
Deaths| none
Injured| 0
Perpetrators| Mohammad Jawad alias "Ibrahim" alias "Kresna" (alleged planner)
Abdulkadir Ali Alhabsyi (planner)
Husein Ali Al Habsyi (perpetrator) [2]
Motive| Retaliation from the Tanjung Priok massacre

Nine bombs were detonated at the Borobudur Buddhist temple located in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia on 21 January 1985. There were no human casualties in this attack; however, nine stupas on the upper rounded terraces of Arupadhatu were badly damaged by bombs.[3][4]

Part of a series on

Violence against Buddhists

* Persecution of Buddhists
* Great Anti-Buddhist Persecution
* Four Buddhist Persecutions in China
* Turkic settlement of the Tarim Basin
* South Thailand insurgency
* Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict
* 2012 Ramu violence
* Buddhist crisis
* Buddhas of Bamiyan
* Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves
* Bodh Gaya bombings
* Cambodian genocide
* 1985 Borobudur bombing
* Decline of Buddhism in India
* Destruction of Nalanda

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## Perpetrator[edit]

In 1991, a blind Muslim preacher, Husein Ali Al Habsyi, was sentenced to life imprisonment for masterminding a series of bombings in the mid-1980s including this temple attack.[5] It is believed that the attack was in retaliation from the Tanjung Priok massacre in 1984. During trial, Habsyi refused to be held responsible for the attack and mentioned Mohammad Jawad, a mysterious figure, as the true mastermind. The identity of Mohammad Jawad remains unknown. On 23 March 1999, Habsyi was pardoned and released by Indonesian President B. J. Habibie's administration.[4] Two other members of a right-wing extremist group that carried out the bombings were each sentenced to 20 years in 1986 and another man received a 13-year prison term.

## See also[edit]

* List of Islamist terrorist attacks

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Semblin Stupa Borobudur Diledakkan Senin Dini Hari" [Nine Borobudur Stupa Exploded Early Monday]. Kompas. 1985-01-22.
2. ^ "Borobudur Bombing, 16 Years Later"[permanent dead link] \- Tempo Online, May 17, 1999. Accessed May 11, 2010.
3. ^ "1,100-Year-Old Buddhist Temple Wrecked By Bombs in Indonesia". The Miami Herald. 22 January 1985. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
4. ^ a b "Teror Bom di Indonesia (Beberapa di Luar Negeri) dari Waktu ke Waktu" (in Indonesian). Tempo Interaktif.com. 17 April 2004. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 22 Jul 2016.
5. ^ Crouch, Harold (2002). "The Key Determinants of Indonesia's Political Future" (PDF). Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 7. ISSN 0219-3213.

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