The unfairness of the situation motivated him to join the Free Aceh Movement. It also explains how the movement grew from the 70-some intellectuals who were its original members to more than 5,500 official members and 30,000 guerillas in 2003.
這是他加入亞獨的原因，也是亞獨從成立之初僅由七十多名知識份子發起，擴張到 2003 年正式成員 5,500 多人、游擊隊 3 萬人的原因。