Delegitimizing global jihadi ideology in Southeast Asia
Material type: TextPublication details: 2005Subject(s): In: Contemporary Southeast Asia Vol 27 No 3 December 2005, pp.343-369 (19)Summary: This article argues that countering radical Islamist ideology is central to any counter-terrorism strategy in Southeast Asia. It shows that while enhanced inter-state cooperation may contribute to the elimination of existing terror cells and individual terrorist leaders and rank and file, this will by no means be sufficient to neutralise the terror threat. It tells what the content and danger of the global jihadi "story" of a transnational Islamic community under attack by a nefarious "Jewsh-Crusader axis" spearheaded by Israel and the United States. It concludes by suggesting possible counter-strategies for delegitimising the story driving global jihadi terrorism in Southeast Asia.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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This article argues that countering radical Islamist ideology is central to any counter-terrorism strategy in Southeast Asia. It shows that while enhanced inter-state cooperation may contribute to the elimination of existing terror cells and individual terrorist leaders and rank and file, this will by no means be sufficient to neutralise the terror threat. It tells what the content and danger of the global jihadi "story" of a transnational Islamic community under attack by a nefarious "Jewsh-Crusader axis" spearheaded by Israel and the United States. It concludes by suggesting possible counter-strategies for delegitimising the story driving global jihadi terrorism in Southeast Asia.
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