Female Bomber Becomes Terrorist Trend Today, BIN: Fill In The Blanks, Many Men Arrested

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JAKARTA - Deputy VII of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) Wawan Hari Purwanto explained the reasons for many women being recruited as perpetrators of terrorism in Indonesia to the international realm.

The main reason is the absence of the male terrorist because he died and was arrested by the authorities.

"Yes, this woman has become central after the deaths of many ISIS supporters, especially men. Then, because of the lack of male power, women are recruited for that", said Wawan in an online discussion broadcast on YouTube, Saturday, April 3.

Furthermore, he said, women were also chosen because they were considered to have emotional feelings and militancy than men. This involvement is also based on imitation that has been carried out by female terrorist groups.

Thus, currently, the bombing carried out by women shows an increasing trend. In fact, he said, many women have even invited men or other groups to carry out these actions.

"This includes the case of the pot bomb. The one with a booming explosive power. This is the effect of imitating the movement and the increasing trend. It is even said that women are inviting it nowadays. There is something like that," he said.

Previously, in the same discussion, former terrorist convict Haris Amir Falah said there was a shift in the movement of terror groups. One of them is that the group is now more targeting women to be prepared as perpetrators.

This is because women are more militant in carrying out their actions than men. "Now the trend is women. Even from my findings in the field, women are more militant than men", said Haris.

He explained, this trend is very different from the movement of terrorist groups in the previous year. In 2010, they never involved women and children in attacks.

This condition is reversed at this time. According to Haris, now many women are inviting their husbands to join in terrorist acts.

"Many husbands come, not because the husbands are inviting their wives but their wives are inviting their husbands", he said.

Furthermore, Haris revealed that there were fatwas from the most dangerous terrorist groups and networks. As a result, many perpetrators were seen moving alone or lone wolf as happened at the National Police Headquarters.

The fatwa, said Haris, allowed the perpetrator to act without having to get permission from her parents or husband.

"They have been accused that in Indonesia it is another fatwa. What happens, in the end, is like yesterday, women can do jihad, even children can do it without the permission of their parents. The wife does not have to have permission from their husband, A person in the group does not have to have permission from the leader", he explained.

"That is the most dangerous fatwa. As long as it is still believed, this will continue to emerge", said Haris.