| ID | 170163 |
| Title Proper | Useful Knowledge |
| Other Title Information | Snouck Hurgronje and Islamic Insurgency in Aceh |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Mcfate, Montgomery |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1858-1936), a Dutch scholar of Islam, served as a “military anthropologist” during the Aceh war in the Dutch East Indies. The Acehnese fighters viewed their anti-colonial struggle against the Dutch as a jihad, construing themselves religious martyrs fighting “infidel invaders,” and carrying out suicide attacks with a machete or dagger. To combat this insurgency Snouck Hurgronje, one of the first Westerners to visit Mecca and author of many books on Islam, developed the so-called “Aceh method,” which became the basis of modern Dutch counterinsurgency strategy. This article addresses the question: what can we learn from the life and times of Snouck Hurgronje? |
| `In' analytical Note | Orbis Vol. 63, No.3; Summer 2019: p. 416-439 |
| Journal Source | Orbis 2019-09 63, 3 |
| Key Words | Islamic Insurgency ; Aceh ; Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje |