Database: Identifiers of Designated Islamic Terrorist Organizations
Jemaah Islamiyah
Designation Status (as of October 12, 2026)
| US State Dept FTO | Listed Jemaah Islamiya (JI) since October 23, 2002 |
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| US Treasury OFAC SDN (SDGT) | Listed JEMAA ISLAMIYAH |
| UK Proscribed | Listed Jeemah Islamiyah (JI) since November 2002 |
| EU Terrorist Lists | Listed Jemaah Islamiyah |
| Canada Listed Entities | Listed Jemaah Islamiyyah (JI) since April 2, 2003 |
| Australia Listed | Listed Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) since October 27, 2002 |
Profile written 2014 The profile below is the original Jihad Intel text and has not been updated. Designation status above is current.
Designated as terrorist by: Australia, Canada, European Union, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States
Base of operations: Indonesia
Background: National Counterterrorism Center
Background: Council on Foreign Relations
Jemaah Islamiyah (JI; "Islamic Congregation") is an Islamic terrorist group that aims to overthrow secular governments in Southeast Asia and found a Shari'a state covering Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Thailand, and the southern Philippines. Formed in the 1990s, it has conducted a string of bombings, the most infamous of which was the Bali nightclub attack of 2002, murdering 202 people. JI's near-misses have included a 1995 plan to destroy 11 U.S. commercial airliners over the Pacific and a 2001 plot against U.S. Navy targets in Singapore. Recent years have seen its actions overshadowed by those of splinter groups and other Indonesian terrorists who learned the ropes as operatives for JI.
