Laskar Jihad and the political position of conservative Islam in Indonesia
Laskar Jihad introduced itself to the world in April 2000, when a procession of its members marched to the presidential palace in Jakarta brandishing sabres. By the following month, two to three thousand of the group's members had travelled to Maluku (the Moluccas), in eastern Indonesia, to fig...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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ISEAS Publishing
2002
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Contemporary Southeast Asia
Year: 2002, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 12-32 |
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Religious identity
B Government B Jihad B Race relations in literature B Islam and politics B Population group B Muslim B Ethnic group B Indonesia Muslime Islam Islam and politics Religiöse Bevölkerungsgruppe Verhältnis Religionsgemeinschaft - Staat Verhältnis Zentralregierung - Region Heiliger Krieg (Islam) Konfliktpotential Religious conflict Christen Volksgruppe / Ethnische Bevölkerungsgruppe Interethnische Beziehungen B Religious conflict B Islam B Conflict B State B Christian B Region B Religious organization B Indonesia |
| Summary: | Laskar Jihad introduced itself to the world in April 2000, when a procession of its members marched to the presidential palace in Jakarta brandishing sabres. By the following month, two to three thousand of the group's members had travelled to Maluku (the Moluccas), in eastern Indonesia, to fight alongside local Muslims locked in a cycle of communal violence with the region's Christian population. Their intervention turned the tables in a conflict in which the Christians had previously appeared to have the upper hand. Despite widespread criticism of their response to its activities, the Indonesian authorities have so far taken little sustained action against Laskar Jihad. The group's emergence has aroused speculation on whether itheralds an expansion of the political influence of conservative Islam among the world's largest Muslim population. (Contemp Southeast Asia/DÜI) |
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| ISSN: | 0129-797X |
| Contains: | In: Contemporary Southeast Asia
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