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Islam and Muslims in Southeast Asia have often been described using two sets of very contradictory terms. On the one hand, Islam in the region is imagined as being Sufistic, syncretistic and localized, and Southeast Asian Muslims are thought to be very different from their counterparts in the Mi...

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Main Authors: Miichi, Ken, Farouk, Omar
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Palgrave Macmillan 2014
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BL1000-2370 Asian, Oriental
BP1-253 Islam
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spelling my.usm.eprints.30629 http://eprints.usm.my/30629/ Introduction Miichi, Ken Farouk, Omar BL1000-2370 Asian, Oriental BP1-253 Islam Islam and Muslims in Southeast Asia have often been described using two sets of very contradictory terms. On the one hand, Islam in the region is imagined as being Sufistic, syncretistic and localized, and Southeast Asian Muslims are thought to be very different from their counterparts in the Middle East, who are considered to be orthodox and 'fanatical'. On the other hand, after the 9/11 attacks and especially after the October 2002 Bali bombing in Indonesia, the danger of radical Islam was emphasized and Southeast Asia suddenly became the 'second front' in the global'war on terrorism' (Conboy 2006). Some Muslims in Southeast Asia themselves shared this concern and even warned of the influences of 'transnational' Islamic movements. Palgrave Macmillan Miichi, Ken Farouk , Omar 2014 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/30629/1/Bab_1.pdf Miichi, Ken and Farouk, Omar (2014) Introduction. In: Southeast Asian Muslims in the Era of Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, United Kingdom, pp. 1-10. ISBN 978-1-137-43680-1
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Introduction
description Islam and Muslims in Southeast Asia have often been described using two sets of very contradictory terms. On the one hand, Islam in the region is imagined as being Sufistic, syncretistic and localized, and Southeast Asian Muslims are thought to be very different from their counterparts in the Middle East, who are considered to be orthodox and 'fanatical'. On the other hand, after the 9/11 attacks and especially after the October 2002 Bali bombing in Indonesia, the danger of radical Islam was emphasized and Southeast Asia suddenly became the 'second front' in the global'war on terrorism' (Conboy 2006). Some Muslims in Southeast Asia themselves shared this concern and even warned of the influences of 'transnational' Islamic movements.
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