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The bomber turned peacemaker

Published: Feb. 14, 2020, 2 p.m.

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\\u201cI am an expert bomb maker. I can make bombs in just five minutes; it\\u2019s easier than making a kite.\\u201d

For Heart and Soul, Rebecca Henschke meets a bomber turned peacemaker as part of the Crossing Divides series on the BBC World Service.

Ali Fauzi was a chief bomb-maker for Jemaah Islamiyah, a terror group with links to Al-Qaeda, responsible for Indonesia\\u2019s worst terrorist attack \\u2013 the Bali bombing in 2002. His brothers carried out the bombing. Two of the brothers were executed, while another is behind bars for life.

Ali insists he was not involved in the Bali bombing, but spent three years in prison for terror-related offences. That was when his life took on a dramatically new direction. \\n \\nHe is now on a mission to help former jihadis leave a life of violence, and to stop new recruits from joining the next wave of terror groups in South East Asia.\\n \\nProduced and presented by Rebecca Henschke

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