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The image of the other as enemy : radical discourse in Indonesia / Muhammad Iqbal Ahnaf.

Title
The image of the other as enemy : radical discourse in Indonesia / Muhammad Iqbal Ahnaf.
Author
Ahnaf, Muhammad Iqbal
Publication
Chiang Mai : Silkworm Books, 2006.

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Additional Authors
Asian Muslim Action Network
Description
ix, 76 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
"This book analyzes the systematic construction of the image of the Other, that is, non-Muslims, by two radical Islamic groups, Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) and Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI). The author documents discourse patterns in the groups' publications and speeches stereotyping non-Muslims as hostile towards Islam and imagining Islam's imminent victory after an inevitable clash with all other civilizations. Although these groups do not engage in physical violence, the author categorizes their efforts to stereotype non-Muslims as "symbolic violence." Moreover, in the long run, their activities may be counterproductive because of the religious and ethnic pluralism of Indonesian society."--Jacket.
Series Statement
Islam in Southeast Asia : views from within
Uniform Title
Islam in Southeast Asia
Subject
  • Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia
  • Majelis Mujahidin
  • 2000-2099
  • Islamic fundamentalism > Indonesia
  • Muslims > Indonesia
  • Islam > 21st century
Note
  • Also at foot of t.p.: Asian Muslim Action Network.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-76).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI) -- Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) -- The image of the other as enemy -- Constructing the image -- Analyzing the image of the other -- Roots of the image -- Discourse patterns used in constructing the image -- Symbolic violence -- Flaws in the fundamentalist arguments -- Critiquing the four-fold discourse -- Another flawed argument : perpetual conflict -- Misleading selections from religious texts -- Fundamentalism as a resistance movement.
ISBN
  • 9749361997
  • 9789749361993
OCLC
  • 77527680
  • SCSB-12327421
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library