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Prospects for global jihadism in Southeast Asia
 
PIIS032150750017090-1-1
DOI10.31857/S032150750017090-1
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
Natalia Zherlitsyna 
Occupation: Senior Research Fellow, Institute for African Studies, RAS
Affiliation: Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Journal nameAsia and Africa Today
EditionIssue 10
Pages46-54
Abstract

The article examines the relationship between local and global radical Islamist movements in the countries of Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. The author set out to determine the reasons for the attractiveness of the rhetoric of modern global jihadist movements for the local population in remote regions of the world. 

The study showed that the ideology of jihadism is based on a return to identity, the main pole of which is religion. After examining the origins of radical Islamist movements in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, the author concluded that the Afghan War was the impetus for their development. The purpose of this study is to find common and distinctive characteristics of the situation with Islamist radicalism in each of the countries of the region. 

Analyzing the situation in Indonesia, the author concludes that the priority for local groups is local goals, and the issue of armed jihad has split the Indonesian Islamist movement into a moderate and radical wing associated with Al-Qaeda and ISIS. The article traces the evolution of secular power in Malaysia to the institutionalization of political Islam, starting in the 1970s. 

The author argues that the grows of the Islamization in Malaysia led to the fact that the modern religious and ethnic discourse of the country as a whole was prepared for the perception of the ideology of radicals when ISIS appeared in the region. The author found that the jihadist movements in the Philippines are motivated by the separatist conflict, they pursue local goals and use the rhetoric of global jihad to stimulate the struggle and intimidate opponents.

Keywordsinternational terrorism, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, political Islam, Al-Qaeda, ISIS
AcknowledgmentThe article was prepared within the framework of the Russian Science Foundation grant 19-18-00155 "Islamist extremism in the context of international security: threats to Russia and opportunities for counteraction."
Received14.06.2021
Publication date01.11.2021
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