| ID | 060839 |
| Title Proper | Politics of negotiating the terrorist problem in Indonesia |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Smith, Anthony L |
| Publication | Jan-Feb 2005. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Although Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) is a pan-Southeast Asia jihadi network, it has been able to headquarter itself in Indonesia, where it has also been able to find the lion's share of its recruits. This article finds that there is little support for hardline Islamic political movements, or even violent jihadi groups, from the wider population. Yet at the same time the public is skeptical about the existence of an international terrorist problem. Not only is there general denial amongst the Indonesian population but Indonesia's political leaders have had to tread carefully on the issue. Indonesia has had a degree of success in denting the JI network but confronting terrorism on the whole is fraught with political difficultiesnotably the impression that the war on terrorism might be a plot to weaken the Islamic world. |
| `In' analytical Note | Studies in Conflict and Terrorism Vol. 28, No.1; Jan-Feb 2005: p 33-44 |
| Journal Source | Studies in Conflict and Terrorism Vol: 28 No 1 |
| Key Words | Indonesia ; Islamic Terrorist ; Southeast Asia ; Islamic world ; Jihad |