Kendari, SE Sulawesi, Antara Sultra - Seventy-two percent of people in Indonesia are against radicalism, considering it as disrupting peace of mind, a National Counter-Terrorism Agency (BNPT) official said here on Saturday.
BNPT`s director of prevention Brigadier General Hamli said that 7.7 percent of the people have accepted radicalism, while 0.4 percent had implemented it.
"The data was taken from the results of scientific research carried out by BNPT, in cooperation with a number of trusted research institutions. All elements must introspect it," he stated.
Efforts by parties wishing to spread terror in the country have already covered all aspects and dimensions of life, regardless of social status, religion, race, tribe, or education.
"Let alone universities, even senior or junior high schools and early-age educational institutes have been targeted as places for sowing hatred to create more terrorists in the future," he noted.
In view of that, he explained that BNPT had appealed to all Ministry of Education and education service institutions in the regions to assure that they have not been infiltrated by the ideology.
The head of the Southeast Sulawesi education service, Damsid, hailed the synergy with other institutions to prevent efforts by organizations seeking to spread radicalism.
"The education service is not a party that has the competence to state that someone or certain educational institution is affiliated to a radical group," he revealed.
He pointed out that his service, however, hailed the synergy with other parties, including BNPT, mass organizations, professional organizations, TNI (military), the police and others, to prevent and eradicate radicalism.
BNPT`s director of prevention Brigadier General Hamli said that 7.7 percent of the people have accepted radicalism, while 0.4 percent had implemented it.
"The data was taken from the results of scientific research carried out by BNPT, in cooperation with a number of trusted research institutions. All elements must introspect it," he stated.
Efforts by parties wishing to spread terror in the country have already covered all aspects and dimensions of life, regardless of social status, religion, race, tribe, or education.
"Let alone universities, even senior or junior high schools and early-age educational institutes have been targeted as places for sowing hatred to create more terrorists in the future," he noted.
In view of that, he explained that BNPT had appealed to all Ministry of Education and education service institutions in the regions to assure that they have not been infiltrated by the ideology.
The head of the Southeast Sulawesi education service, Damsid, hailed the synergy with other institutions to prevent efforts by organizations seeking to spread radicalism.
"The education service is not a party that has the competence to state that someone or certain educational institution is affiliated to a radical group," he revealed.
He pointed out that his service, however, hailed the synergy with other parties, including BNPT, mass organizations, professional organizations, TNI (military), the police and others, to prevent and eradicate radicalism.