High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Abdullah Sungkar (1937 – October 1999) founded and led Jemaah Islamiyah, an Islamic group, separatist organization, founded as JI in January 1993. JI is internationally recognized as a terrorist organisation, including the United Nations 1267 Committee`s list of organizations linked to al-Qaeda or the Taliban under UN Security Council Resolution 1267. Sungkar was of Hadhrami Arab descent.