TY - BOOK AU - SIDEL John T TI - The Islamist threat in Southeast Asia: a reassessment SN - 9789812304896 : PY - 2007/// CY - Singapore PB - ISEAS KW - SOUTHEAST ASIA KW - ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM KW - TERRORISM N2 - Suggests that recent alarmist reports about the dangers posed by radical Islam in Southeast Asia are overstated and instead indicates a decline in Islamist authority and influence, and a disengagement from state power. While sporadic terrorist attacks can still be expected especially in Mindanao and southern Thailand large scale attacks are less likely. Attention should be given to the role of external influences such as America's global war on terror on states use of force ER -