<p>His lawyer, Muhammad Ali, said the arrest took place on Monday morning in West Java's Ciamis district.<br /><br />Bashir is best known as the founder and spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, the al-Qaida-linked terrorist group responsible for the 2002 bombings on Indonesia's resort island of Bali that killed 202 people, many of them foreign tourists.<br /><br />He spent several years in prison for his involvement with the group, but was released in 2006.<br /><br />He was arrested today for alleged involvement with a new terror cell in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh, the lawyer said.<br /><br />Authorities discovered the new group in February and said it was allegedly planning to assassinate the president and carry out Mumbai-style attacks targeting foreigners.<br />Dozens of suspects linked to that cell, which called itself Al-Qaida in Aceh, have been arrested or killed in recent months. Rumors have circulated for weeks that Bashir, a fiery preacher known for propagating hatred against foreigners, was next on the list.</p>
<p>His lawyer, Muhammad Ali, said the arrest took place on Monday morning in West Java's Ciamis district.<br /><br />Bashir is best known as the founder and spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, the al-Qaida-linked terrorist group responsible for the 2002 bombings on Indonesia's resort island of Bali that killed 202 people, many of them foreign tourists.<br /><br />He spent several years in prison for his involvement with the group, but was released in 2006.<br /><br />He was arrested today for alleged involvement with a new terror cell in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh, the lawyer said.<br /><br />Authorities discovered the new group in February and said it was allegedly planning to assassinate the president and carry out Mumbai-style attacks targeting foreigners.<br />Dozens of suspects linked to that cell, which called itself Al-Qaida in Aceh, have been arrested or killed in recent months. Rumors have circulated for weeks that Bashir, a fiery preacher known for propagating hatred against foreigners, was next on the list.</p>