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In Southeast Asia, religion has always been creatively used to justify struggles and unify movements. This book looks at why and how religion becomes an issue and what can be done to manage this struggles and movements better. The focus of this book will be on Islam and its effect on these struggles and movements in the Southeast Asian region. There are ten chapters in this book. Some of the chapters are investigations of the different groups or movements in the region, while the others discuss the responses of the governments, regional as well as those from outside the region. Some of the writers try to connect the movements to the larger discussion of ‘terrorism’ and responses to both ‘local’ and ‘global terrorism’. However, as can be seen from the case study writers, the picture is not so clear as ‘terrorist’ to some are ‘freedom fighters’ to others. What separate these two groups and how should the responses be? These are just some of the questions that this book attempts to answer.
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