Santri with attitude

Support for terrorism and negative attitudes to non-Muslims among Indonesian observant Muslims

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12980010
AutoresGreg Barton (0000-0002-2134-0704, Deakin University), Matteo Vergani (0000-0003-0546-4771, Deakin University, autor correspondente), Yenny Wahid (The Wahid Institute)
Ano2021
Volume15
Fascículo3
Páginas321-335
Data de publicação2021-06-22
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoBehavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1943-4480 • E-ISSN: 1943-4472
EditoraRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19434472.2021.1944272
OpenAlexW3173797002
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas38

Scholars continue to wrestle with determining the extent and ways in which religiosity – and particularly more strict religious views and practices – provides fertile ground for the emergence and growth of terrorism. Using large samples of Muslim respondents from across the Indonesian archipelago, we find that: (1) higher levels of orthodox religiosity are associated with more negative attitudes to non-Muslims, and (2) higher levels of orthodox religiosity are associated with lower support for terrorist groups. We propose that this finding is consistent with the type of orthodox religiosity of Indonesian santri – that is, observant Muslims – which is usually characterised by collective religious practices, affiliation with religious mass organisations and religious education. In the Indonesian context, orthodox religiosity might provide vehicles but not motives of terrorist mobilisation, and – although it can foster negative views of out-groups – it can actually constitute a barrier to broader support for terrorism

Context (archaeology · Geography · Indonesian · Political science · Religiosity · Sociology · Terrorism · Asian Studies and History · Islamic Studies and Radicalism · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence