Political Islam in Southeast Asia : Moderates, Radical and Terrorists.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- The external sources of Islamic radicalism -- The domestic sources of Islamic radicalism -- Chapter 1 The varieties of Islam in Southeast Asia -- The complexity of Islam in Indonesia -- The fusion of religion and ethnicity in Malaysia -- Muslims in Singapore -- The unique entity of Brunei Darussalam -- Islam as the unifying factor in Moro identity -- The Muslims of mainland Southeast Asia -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Indonesia: the Jihad project -- Islam under the new order -- Islam and post-new order politics -- Laskar Jihad and the religious war in Eastern Indonesia -- Islam and the war on terrorism -- The Bali bombing and its aftermath -- The Indonesian military and Islam -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Islamic militancy in Malaysia and Singapore -- Malaysia: the slippery slope towards an Islamic state -- Singapore: Islamic militancy in a multi-ethnic city-state -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Muslim separatism in the Philippines and Thailand -- Mindanao: land of unfulfilled promises -- Thailand: the waning of Muslim separatism -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Terrorist networks in Southeast Asia -- The Jemaah Islamiyah network -- The ASEAN response -- Conclusion -- The future of Southeast Asian Islam -- The challenge for the West -- Notes.

Examines the wide variety of Islam in South-east Asia; Derives policy recommendations for the US and its allies.

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