MEANS Gordon P.

Political Islam in Southeast Asia / Gordon P. Means. - Boulder Co : Lynne Reinner, 2009 - xi, 444 p.

Study of the role of Islam in politics in Malaysia and Indonesia,and in the separatist movements in southern Thailand, southern Philippines, and Aceh. The book also discusses terrorism in Southeast Asia including Al Qaeda inspired local groups such as J. Notes that terrorism and political turmoil were opportunistically exploited by others e.g. the Indonesian military in Kalimantan, for their own purposes.

9781588266781 (pbk) : 32.00 USD


SOUTHEAST ASIA--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
SOUTHEAST ASIA--ISLAM