The founder of the now-defunct Laskar Jihad paramilitary group died of a heart attack aged 58 this week in Indonesia. Jafar Umar Thalib has celebrity status among Indonesians who know about his exploits in Maluku in the 1999-2000 religious conflict. https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js (adsbygoogle = window.