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Abu Bakar Bashir (also Abubakar Ba'asyir) (born August 1938) is an Indonesian Muslim cleric who is the alleged spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), a militant Islamic separatist group. Intelligence agencies have pointed to his supposed links with al-Qaeda. Bashir denies he has anything to do with Jemaah Islamiyah or terrorism. He is in poor health.

Bashir was arrested for suspected involvement in the 2002 Bali terrorist bombing. On April 14, 2003, he was formally charged by the Indonesian government with treason, immigration violations, and providing false documents and statements to the Indonesian police. The charges are mainly related to the series of bombings against Christian churches on Christmas EveChristmas Eve is the day before Christmas Day, and is treated to a greater or a lesser extent in most Christian societies as a public holiday. It falls on December 24. Many Christians traditionally celebrate a Midnight mass at midnight on Christmas Eve, m, 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri, which killed 18 people.

In the Indonesian court, he was found not guilty for treason due to a lack of evidence, but was found guilty on immigration charges. He was sentenced to three years in prison, but the sentence was subsequently reduced to 20 months. If more evidence is found on his involvement, he may be tried again for treason.

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