The Islamist Threat in South East Asia

Much Ado About Nothing

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4836050
AutoresJohn T Sidel (autor correspondente), John Sidel
Ano2008
Volume39
Fascículo3
Páginas339-351
Data de publicação2008-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAsian Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0306-8374 • E-ISSN: 1477-1500
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03068370802341032
OpenAlexW2010156537
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8

Professor John Sidel argues that coverage of terrorist events in South East Asia focuses on description, rather than explanation, events rather than causes. He suggests that Islamist forces in South East Asia are in retreat: terrorist violence reflects frustration at a reduction in political influence, not a rising tide of Islamisation. In a review of the situation in four individual countries, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Southern Thailand, he asserts that the number of terrorist attacks is not increasing and in Indonesia at least is in absolute decline. This article is based on a lecture he delivered as part of the Southeast Asia Seminar Series at St Antony's College, University of Oxford

Ancient history · China · Development economics · East Asia · Economics · Geography · Nothing · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · South asia · Southeast asia · Terrorism · Asian Studies and History · History · Islamic Studies and Radicalism · Law · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence