The new head of Indonesia’s counterterrorism agency warned that the number of Indonesians joining the Islamic State has more than tripled since June, and said the total number of Indonesians who have joined the group in Iraq and Syria is about 514. The Jakarta Post’s chief editor was named a suspect in a blasphemy case because the newspaper published an article critical of the Islamic State that carried an allegedly offensive cartoon; the action against the editor came several days after the newspaper had apologized and withdrawn the cartoon.
