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The end of innocence Indonesian Islam and the temptations of radicalism Andrée Feillard and Rémy Madinier ; translated by Wong Wee.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Singapore NUS press in association with IRASEC ©2011.Description: vii, 336 p. 23 cmISBN:
  • 9789971695125 (pbk.
Uniform titles:
  • La fin de l'innocence?
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297.09598 FEI
Contents:
ch. 1. History of Islam in Indonesia : between acculturation and rigour ch. 2. An archipelago adrift : radical Islam and opportunities amidst chaos ch. 3. The Islamist cluster : organisation and functioning ch. 4. Blackmail with the sacred : the ideology of radical Islam ch. 5. Religious revival or intolerance? The hold of radicalism on Indonesian society.
Summary: "Long cited as a model of harmonious cohabitation between different religions, the most populous Muslim country in the world until recently occupied a special place in the Western imagination. Indonesia, home to a peaceful version of Islam, offered a reassuring counter-model to a rowdy and accusatory Arab Islam. Since 1999, however, confrontations between Christians and Muslims in the Moluccas, excesses of vigilantism in Sulawesi, and espcially the Bali and Jakarta bombings have shattered these simplistic stereotypes. For many terrorism experts - often self-proclaimed - Indonesia's mutation confirmed the hackneyed thesis that equated obscurantism with Islam, and saw violent outbreaks as an inevitable consequence. The End of Innocence? is far removed from the hollow analyses underlying this essentialist thesis. The book positions the evolution of Indonesian Islam in the broader context of the recent history of the archipelago, and provides a rigorous analysis of the origins and causes of the 'radical temptation,' deciphering its simplistic ideology and showing how it has been nourished by political manipulation. The authors, both historians specialising in Indonesian Islam, describe the hold of religious extremism as well as the strong resistance it has provoked in a country that has quickly become one of the key spots in the upheavals occuring throughout the Muslim world." -- Publisher description.

Translation of: La fin de l'innocence? L'islam indonésien face à la tentation radicale de 1967 à nos jours. Originally published in French: Paris-Bangkok : Les Indes Savantes-Institut de Recherche sur l'Asie contemporaine, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-290) and index. Translated from the French.

ch. 1. History of Islam in Indonesia : between acculturation and rigour ch. 2. An archipelago adrift : radical Islam and opportunities amidst chaos ch. 3. The Islamist cluster : organisation and functioning ch. 4. Blackmail with the sacred : the ideology of radical Islam ch. 5. Religious revival or intolerance? The hold of radicalism on Indonesian society.

"Long cited as a model of harmonious cohabitation between different religions, the most populous Muslim country in the world until recently occupied a special place in the Western imagination. Indonesia, home to a peaceful version of Islam, offered a reassuring counter-model to a rowdy and accusatory Arab Islam. Since 1999, however, confrontations between Christians and Muslims in the Moluccas, excesses of vigilantism in Sulawesi, and espcially the Bali and Jakarta bombings have shattered these simplistic stereotypes. For many terrorism experts - often self-proclaimed - Indonesia's mutation confirmed the hackneyed thesis that equated obscurantism with Islam, and saw violent outbreaks as an inevitable consequence. The End of Innocence? is far removed from the hollow analyses underlying this essentialist thesis. The book positions the evolution of Indonesian Islam in the broader context of the recent history of the archipelago, and provides a rigorous analysis of the origins and causes of the 'radical temptation,' deciphering its simplistic ideology and showing how it has been nourished by political manipulation. The authors, both historians specialising in Indonesian Islam, describe the hold of religious extremism as well as the strong resistance it has provoked in a country that has quickly become one of the key spots in the upheavals occuring throughout the Muslim world." -- Publisher description.

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