UID:
almafu_9959245748402883
Format:
1 online resource (83 p.)
ISBN:
1-136-05384-0
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1-136-05376-X
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1-315-00074-1
Series Statement:
Adelphi Paper, ; 358
Content:
Provides an overview of the evolution of political Islam in South-east Asia. Analyses the sources of relgious radicalism and assesses the regional terrorist and radical networks. Describes how secular democratic institutions can be strengthened, and how moderate and tolerant tendencies can be promoted.
Note:
First published 2003 by Oxford University Press.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; The external sources of Islamic radicalism; The domestic sources of Islamic radicalism; Chapter 1 The varieties of Islam in Southeast Asia; The complexity of Islam in Indonesia; The fusion of religion and ethnicity in Malaysia; Muslims in Singapore; The unique entity of Brunei Darussalam; Islam as the unifying factor in Moro identity; The Muslims of mainland Southeast Asia; Conclusion; Chapter 2 Indonesia: the Jihad project; Islam under the new order; Islam and post-new order politics
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Laskar Jihad and the religious war in Eastern Indonesia Islam and the war on terrorism; The Bali bombing and its aftermath; The Indonesian military and Islam; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Islamic militancy in Malaysia and Singapore; Malaysia: the slippery slope towards an Islamic state; Singapore: Islamic militancy in a multi-ethnic city-state; Conclusion; Chapter 4 Muslim separatism in the Philippines and Thailand; Mindanao: land of unfulfilled promises; Thailand: the waning of Muslim separatism; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Terrorist networks in Southeast Asia
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The Jemaah Islamiyah network The ASEAN response; Conclusion; The future of Southeast Asian Islam; The challenge for the West; Notes
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-10905-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-852911-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781315000749
