Islamic groups/movements: Ahel al Sunna wal Jamaah Association (ASJA), 379, 380; Darul Islam, 135, 140–1, 165; Indonesian Council for Islamic Propagation, 135; Indonesian Mujahidin Council, 137, 159; Islam Jamaah, 68; Islamic Co-ordination Council, 231, 250; Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, 341; Jamaat-e-Islami, 129; Jemaah Islamiyah, ix, 68, 137, 197, 239, 262, 330, 378; Jemaah Tabligh, 109, 123–4, 147; modernist, 59, 141, 323; Muslim Brotherhood, 129, 136, 266; political Islam, 124, 129; Rabitah al-Islamiyya, 238; Salafi Jihadists, 252, 253; Salafism, 139, 189, 192, 261, 328, 369; see also al Qaeda; non-government organisations; Taliban
Jensen, Deborah, 77; on Robyn/Rabiah, 33–4, 37, 91, 94, 114–15
jihad: global, viii, ix, 206, 217, 252–3, 261, 262, 266, 288; against United States, 294–5; see also Afghanistan; Bosnia; Islam
Johnston, Craig, 191, 281
Jones, Sidney, 141
Kartosuwiryo, SM, 140–1, 152
Khadija (Charmaine Johnston), 191–2, 194, 280–2
Khadija (wife of Mohammed), 111, 173
Khadr, Ahmed, 242, 259, 297–8, 299, 301, 318, 408; links with al Qaeda and the Taliban, 297, 298, 300
Khadr family, 297, 298–9, 300, 301–2, 303, 339, 356–7
Khaled, 280, 288, 340, 406
Khomeini, Ayatollah, 108, 138, 159, 368
Liliek (Lili) Soemarlono, 53–4, 57, 60, 65; on Bambang Wisudo, 61; on Robyn/Rabiah, 54, 55–6, 66
McCallum, Archibald Roy (Robyn/Rabiah’s grandfather), 7–9, 11–12, 16, 17, 29, 38
McCallum, Lurline, 6, 8
McCallum, Noel (Robyn/Rabiah’s uncle), 16, 17, 21
McCallum family, 7
McCormack, Rahmah, 106–7, 110
McCormack, Robert, 107
Malik Sjafei, 53, 54, 55
‘Mami’ (Bambang’s mother), 60, 63, 64, 66, 82, 85, 88–9, 129
Manly Daily, 72, 80
Maryati Idris, 282, 283, 317, 319
Massoud, Ahmed Shah, 242, 249, 287, 339
Maududi, Abul a’la, 129, 132
Melbourne: Muslim community in, 189–92, 198, 200–1
Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh, 239–40, 244, 334, 335
Mohammed (Prophet), 59, 96, 99–100, 111, 142, 158
‘Mohammed Firmansah’ (Rabiah’s second child), 90, 91, 92, 93, 95–6, 100, 107, 117; character of, 118–19, 125, 246; dyslexia of, 180–1, 223; leaves home and turns away from Islam, 257, 264, 279, 382; in Ngruki (Java), 151, 157, 160; in Pakistan, 206, 212, 213–14, 222, 223, 233; return to Australia, 180, 188, 192, 196
Mojadiddi, Sebghatullah, 242
Mudgee, 4, 11, 16, 21; class in, 4, 17
Mudgee Guardian, 3, 5, 8
mujahidin, 108–9, 124, 202, 206, 207, 208, 211, 216, 218, 223, 244, 321, 329; funding for, 125, 152, 232–3; joining the Taliban, 287; see also ‘Afghan-Arabs’ Muna (servant), 68, 99
(Abdullah) Mustafa (Rabiah’s fourth child), 181, 184, 186, 189, 191, 262, 283, 383; adjusting to Australia, 254, 255–6; in Egypt, 265, 269; fugitive in Afghanistan, 340, 343–4, 348, 352, 353; in Iran, 364, 373; in Pakistan, 212, 213–14, 216, 222, 223, 233, 234, 247; in Pakistan and Afghanistan, 285, 286, 289, 290, 294, 297, 305, 318, 339; in Yemen, 381–2
Neighbour, Sally, viii–ix, 383, 384; In the Shadow of Swords, ix
Ngruki Al Mukmin pesantren, vii, 141, 142, 148, 151, 152, 156, 169, 197; organised on Islamic lines, 151–2; under surveillance, 149, 161, 167
non-government organisations: Al Haramein, 316, 320; Amnesty International, 158, 164, 167, 170, 171, 172, 198; Darul Khayat, 236; Health and Education Projects International (HEP), 298, 299, 315; Human Appeal International (HAI), 261, 277; Human Concern International, 297; Islamic Co-ordination Council, 250
Omar, Mullah Mohammed, 325, 330, 331–3, 334, 356, 357
Omran, Sheikh Mohammed Jamal (Abu Ayman), 189, 192, 201, 261, 262, 274, 280, 281, 282
Pakistan, 201, 245; Camp Sadda, 214–15, 218, 231, 239, 244, 245, 402; Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), 218, 288, 329, 374; jihadists flee to, 366; Maktab al-Khadamat (MAK), 213, 222, 231, 236; Pabbi encampment, 216–19, 223, 224–30, 232, 233, 242, 244, 245, 248–9, 287; Peshawar, 206, 211–12, 222, 249, 285, 287; see also ‘Afghan-Arabs’
Palestine, 376; Hamas, 261
Pujo Busono (Rabiah’s second husband), 134, 139, 143, 144, 145, 146–7, 151, 159; on Rabiah, 134–5, 143, 145
Quran, the, 59, 110, 112, 113, 139, 201
Rahmah (Rabiah’s third child), 131, 151, 157, 169, 186, 280, 340, 373; adjusting to Australia, 254; birth of a son (Zubair), 288; in Egypt, 265, 268, 269, 272–3; marriage, 282; in Pakistan, 212, 213–14, 218–19, 223, 224–5, 233, 234–5, 240, 246–8, 288; in Yemen, 382
Rashid, Ahmed, 287–8
Roche, Jack, 330
Saif el Adel, 330, 335, 347, 363
Saudi Arabia, 132, 217, 332; supports mujahidin, 124, 217, 231, 245
Sayyaf, Abdul Rab Rasul, 207, 214, 217–18, 231, 232, 233, 239, 243, 246, 287
September 11 attacks, v, 240, 244, 320, 334, 335–6, 337–8, 385; see also al Qaeda; terrorism; United States
Simpson, Miss (headmistress), 33, 36
Siregar family, 180, 184
Sky News, 351–2
Soviet Union, 108–9; defeated in Afghanistan, 206, 211–12, 232
Suharto (regime), 52, 56, 129, 135, 141, 151, 155, 166, 167, 171, 200, 263
Sunday Mirror drugs story, 79–80
Sungkar, Abdullah, 140, 141, 153, 155–6, 159, 161, 165, 167, 169, 173, 175; exile in Malaysia, 177, 179, 197, 205, 207, 238–9, 241; Rabiah on, 154, 164; trial and imprisonment, 141–2, 154; visits Australia, 198–202, 203–4, 262, 263; see also Islamic groups/movements; Ngruki Al Mukmin pesantren
Sun News-Pictorial, 28
Sun Tzu, 338; The Art of War, 326, 346
‘Susan’ (Rabiah’s half-sister), 15, 29, 30, 36, 40, 71–2; as aunt, 257–8; marriage, 116; relations with Rabiah, viii, 186, 251, 279, 382
Sydney, 28, 29; Al Noori Islamic primary school, 259, 260; Muslim community of, 98, 105–6, 107, 109, 119, 259–62, 275, 277–8, 279, 280–1; Muslim Women’s Welfare Association, 254, 256, 260; surfing scene in, 32–3, 39, 75
Sydney Morning Herald, 110–11
Taliban: flight and fall of, 353, 356; as pariah regime, 293, 312; policies of, 289, 292–3, 299, 304, 312, 317; Rabiah’s views on and links with, v, 284, 287, 293, 303–4, 313–14, 315–16; rule in Afghanistan, 284, 287–8, 291–2, 313, 314, 317, 331, 342
terrorism, ix, 240, 262, 300, 363, 385; al Qaeda attacks against US interests, 244, 245, 295, 311, 330; Bali bombings, ix, 149, 197, 239, 378; in Egypt, 274; see also Taliban Thomas, Jack, 282, 317–19, 320, 374; and al Qaeda, 319, 322
Umm Abdullah, 242–3
Umm Fatima (Azza Nowair), 310, 311, 319, 339, 348, 349
United Nations, 312, 314, 315
United States, 244, 294–5; and civilian casualties in Afghanistan, 295, 342–3, 345–6, 349, 351, 354–5, 366–7; Guantánamo Bay detention camp, 301, 366; military response with allies to September 11 attacks, v, vi, 301, 338, 342, 344–6, 351, 353, 354, 358, 366, 379; supports mujahidin in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 109, 124, 232, 236, 245–6; and the Taliban, 330, 339; and use of torture, 378; and ‘war on terror’, 307, 378
Wafa (Abu Walid’s first wife), 323, 324, 331, 364–5, 370
Wahhab, Muhammad ibn Abd al-, 132, 275
Wahyuddin, 150–1, 163–4
Warnock, Steve, 80; on Robyn/Rabiah, 39, 76
Western intelligence agencies: ASIO, vi–vii, 236, 261–2, 320, 374, 379–80, 381, 383; and bin Laden, 232, 245, 325–6; CIA, 245, 261, 329, 374, 379, 381; FBI, 245; MI6, 381
Whitlam Government, 74, 76
Yousef, Ramzi, 244, 245
Zawahiri, Ayman al, v, vii, 266, 297, 302, 310, 311, 319, 347, 349–50, 366
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