Jafar Umar Thalib
| Jafar Umar Thalib | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Ja'far November 19, 1961 Malang, East Java, Indonesia |
| Residence | Yogyakarta, Central Java |
| Occupation | Islamic cleric |
| Known for | Laskar Jihad radical organization |
| Parent(s) | Umar Thalib (father) Badriyah Saleh (mother) |
Jafar Umar Thalib (
pronunciation ; Arabic: جَعْفَر عُمَر طَالِب; Arabic pronunciation: [dʒaʕfar ʕumar tˤaːlib]; born on November 19, 1961) is the founder and the head of Laskar Jihad, a militant and radical Islamic organization in Indonesia.
Jafar (or Ja'far) Umar bin Thalib was born in Malang, East Java on November 19, 1961 as the youngest child of eight siblings. His father was Umar Thalib, a Madurese of Yemeni descent, a war veteran and a teacher at Al-Irshad Al-Islamiya school. As common in Arab community, the full name consists of his born name and his father name, Ja'far bin Umar Thalib with "bin" removed. His father taught Jafar very strictly.
Thalib was educated as a child at PERSIS Islamic boarding school in Bangil and at the Al-Irshad Al-Islamiya school, until later in 1983 he became a student at LIPIA (معهد العلوم الإسلامية والعربية في إندونيسيا Ma'had al-ʻulumi al-Islamiyyah wal 'arabiyah fi Indunisia, Islamic and Arabic College of Indonesia) in Jakarta, which is a branch of the Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Due to some dissension with one of his teachers, Muhammad Yasin al-Khattib, he left LIPIA. With the help of the LIPIA director, he continued his study at Maudoodi Institute in Lahore, Pakistan in 1986 with scholarship from Saudi government. After one year, he quarreled again with one of his lecturers and decided to leave the institution before completing his education in 1987.
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