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Free Aceh Movement Gerakan Aceh Merdeka Flag Coat of arms Province of Aceh in the 1990's Leaders Hasan di Tiro Dates of operation 4 December 1976 – 15 August 2005 Active regions City, mountains and forests of Aceh Ideology Acehnese nationalism Islamic fundamentalism Allies Libya Opponents Indonesia (until 2005) Battles and wars Insurgency in Aceh The Free Aceh Movement was a separatist group ...
The insurgency in Aceh, officially designated the Rebellion in Aceh (Indonesian: Pemberontakan di Aceh) by the Indonesian government, was a conflict fought by the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) between 1976 and 2005, with the goal of making the province of Aceh independent from Indonesia.
Amnesty International called the military operations response as a "shock therapy" for GAM. [4] Villages that were suspected of harboring GAM operatives were burnt down and family members of suspected militants were kidnapped and tortured. [4] Between 9,000 and 12,000 people, mostly civilians, were killed between 1989 and 1998 in the operation ...
Hasan Muhammad di Tiro (born Hasan Bin Leube Muhammad; 25 September 1925 – 3 June 2010), was the founder of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), an organisation which attempted to separate Aceh from Indonesia from the 1970s. It surrendered its separatist goals and agreed to disarm as agreed to in the Helsinki peace deal of 2005.
The 2003–2004 Indonesian offensive in Aceh, also known as Operation Integrated (Indonesian: Operasi Terpadu) against the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatists was launched on 19 May 2003, and lasted nearly one year. It followed a two-week ultimatum to GAM to accept special autonomy under Indonesian rule.
The Aceh Party was formerly known as GAM Party (Partai GAM) after the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), a separatist group that waged a war for Aceh independence from 1976 to 2005. Many of the party's leaders were senior figures in GAM, including its chairman Muzakir Manaf , who was a former commander of GAM's military wing.
However, in 1953, Sukarno changed his mind and opposed Aceh's plan to enact Islamic law, stating that "Indonesia is a nation state with the ideology of Pancasila, not a theocratic country with a certain religious orientation" and emphasized that Aceh's plan to enact Islamic laws contradict the secular Indonesian legislature.
Abdullah Syafi'i, better known as Teungku Lah (12 October 1947 – 22 January 2002) was the Commander of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM). He was born in Seuneubok Rawa, a remote village in Bireuen, Aceh. [1] He studied at Madrasah Aliyah Peusangan, Bireuen, and studied religion at several pesantren in Aceh. [2]