TY  - BOOK
AU  - SINGH Bilveer
TI  - The Talibanization of Southeast Asia: losing the war on terror to Islamist extremists
SN  - 9780275999957 (hbk) :
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Westport CT
PB  - Praeger
KW  - TERRORISM
KW  - SOUTHEAST ASIA
KW  - JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH
N2  - Analyses the phenomenon in which the adoption of Islamist doctrines, ideologies and values that are largely militant in character, which for some groups includes the adoption of violence to acheive their goals.  The emergence of organisations that are prepared to use terrorism as a means to achieve their goals especially when it is rationalised in the name of Islam.  It also attempts to understand and unravel the growing nexus between extremist Islamists and terrorism as evident in the operation of various terrorist groups in Southeast Asia.  The problems and challenges facing Islam, the rise of Islamic radicalism, and the emergence of various Islamist extremist groups that are threatening secular regimes in Southeast Asia
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