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020 _a9780275999957 (hbk) :
_c50.05 USD
100 1 _aSINGH Bilveer
245 _aThe Talibanization of Southeast Asia :
_blosing the war on terror to Islamist extremists/
_cBilveer Singh
260 _aWestport CT :
_bPraeger,
_c2007
300 _axi, 229p.
520 _aAnalyses 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.
650 _aTERRORISM
_xSOUTHEAST ASIA
650 _aJEMAAH ISLAMIYAH
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_rY
_sY
945 _i29222-1001
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_sY
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