Countering Violent Extremism in Indonesia

Bringing Back the Jihadists

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12349376
AutoresIan Chalmers (The University of Western Australia, autor correspondente)
Ano2017
Volume41
Fascículo3
Páginas331-351
Data de publicação2017-06-12
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAsian Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1035-7823 • E-ISSN: 1467-8403
EditoraRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10357823.2017.1323848
OpenAlexW2625391839
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas18

While Indonesia’s efforts at countering violent extremism have enjoyed some successes, a section of its Islamist community remains committed to militant jihadism. The return from overseas of hundreds of militants linked to ISIS means that there is now a greater need than ever for interventions to prevent radicalisation – and for programs to reintegrate militants back into society. Drawing on 20 selected interviews with former jihadists, this article asks how successful official efforts have been at disengaging those convicted under Indonesia’s Anti-Terrorism Law from violent extremism. A significant minority remain welded to a militant mindset: “committed jihadists” who are likely to reoffend. Some former jihadists have “disengaged provisionally” but remain vulnerable: they have only disengaged for tactical or practical reasons. Yet some have also begun to disengage emotionally. While they may not disavow completely the use of force, these “provisionally deradicalised” activists have moved closer to that minority of interviewees who are “fully deradicalised”. Using this four-part typology of the pathways by which some militant jihadists have disengaged but others have not, this article finds that disengagement is a gradual process shaped by social networks. Consequently, it is suggested that a variety of methods be used to promote disengagement both before and after inmates leave prison

Computer security · Criminology · Political science · Sociology · Terrorism · Violent extremism · Computer Science · Islamic Studies and Radicalism · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence