POLI 476 Chapter Notes - Chapter 0: September 11 Attacks, Social Capital, Al-Qaeda
14 Apr 2016
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Aricle examines how threats of violence post-9/11 in indonesia intensiied the struggle between neo-fundamentalist conservaives and muslim proponents of democracy. Laskar jihad (jihad miliia) and front pembela islam (islamic defenders front) are two of. They ordered followers to take acion (unclear what kind) against western tourists if the us made good on its threat to invade afghanistan. In the province of maluku there have been communal clashes between muslims and chrisians, with these islamic militant groups sending ighters (since 2000). Urban hardline militants had close connecions with both supporters of ex-president suharto and islamic facions within the military. Jihadists saw the maluku violence as the result of the west aiding chrisians there in their ight for secession. Majelas ulama indonesia (indonesian council of islamic scholars)"s role is to advise the government on islamic law maters, and is known for being accommodaing to the regime.
