A holistic critique of Singapore’s counter-ideological program
Type
Publication
Authors
Category
Publication Year
2009
Publisher
CTC Sentinel, United States
Volume
V2
Pages
4p
Subject
Radicalization, Muslims, Singapore,Ideologies
Abstract
Singapore faces an ongoing terrorist threat from the al-Qa`ida-linked Muslim militant group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). JI’s original campaign aimed to establish an Islamic state in Indonesia, but it developed a more global jihadist orientation after some of its fighters participated in the anti-Soviet jihad in Afghanistan in the 1980s. During that conflict, JI’s fighters came into contact with militants who would later form al-Qa`ida. Senior JI leaders, especially after splitting from the old Darul Islam movement in January 1993, began to harbor larger ambitions. They sought to create a Southeast Asian caliphate through armed jihad as part of the wider al-Qa`ida vision of restoring the old global Islamic caliphate running from Morocco to Mindanao
Description
4 p.; 18 cm
Number of Copies
1