Mujahideen KOMPAK is a Jemaah Islamiya (JI) splinter organization whose stated goal is to create an Islamic government in Indonesia. Mujahideen KOMPAK mainly functions as a force multiplier, quickly training and equipping locals to take up arms, but it possesses its own rapid-response force as well. Created from one faction of JI that felt the organizational structure of the group was too bureaucratic and slow to act, Mujahideen KOMPAK now functions independently, though its leaders are believed to have come mostly from JI.<br /><p><br />Mujahideen KOMPAK operates in Central Sulawesi, which is an economically-downtrodden region caught between Indonesia's Christian north and Muslim south. Other remote parts of Indonesia where the Christian and Muslim populations are roughly even, such as the Molucca Islands, also have problems controlling religiously-inspired violence.<br /><P><br />KOMPAK is short for Komite Aksi Penanggulangan Akibat Krisis, translated as the Crisis Management/Prevention Committee. Although they often operate in the same locations and at the same time, it is important to distinguish Mujahideen KOMPAK from KOMPAK, an Islamic humanitarian relief organization formed under the authority of the Dewaan Dakwah Islam Indonesia (DDII), translated as the Islam Propagation Council of Indonesia. The latter is funded legitimately by institutional and individual contributions. Some allege that the well-intentioned donations that go to KOMPAK eventually find their way to Mujahideen KOMPAK, but no substantial proof has yet been offered to substantiate these claims.<br /><p><br />Mujahideen KOMPAK is a more extreme version of JI, and it is known to be "leaner, meaner, and quicker" than its mother organization. Unlike rivals JI and Laskar Jihad (now believed to be inactive), Mujahideen KOMPAK does not recognize the legitimacy of the Indonesian state and is not as concerned with religious indoctrination as it is with terrorism and violence. In fact, a significant rift has developed between Mujahideen KOMPAK and other Islamic fundamentalist organizations in Indonesia. Referred to as the "KGB," "khawarij gaya baru" (new-style religious deviants) even by other groups that espouse Islamic fundamentalist thought, the Mujahideen KOMPAK has on occasion engaged in small but violent conflicts with its rivals, who are consistently blamed, held responsible, and made victims of reprisals for attacks that they suspect are actually carried out by Mujahideen KOMPAK.<br /><br />