Does Indonesia’s Deradicalization Program Work?

The successful rehabilitation of former terrorist inmates is crucial for Indonesia’s regional and global security. As seen in early 2019, “rehabilitated” people such as Rullie Rian Zeke and Ulfah Handayani Saleh, the couple behind the suicides bombings at a Jolo cathedral, have managed to reach other jihad battlefields. While Rullie and Ulfah reached the south Philippines after following a short-term rehabilitation program, several other former inmates managed to join Islamic State in the Middle East and are now in prisoner camps in Syria.