Lecture 24 Anti-Terrorism of Southeast Asia.ppt

Lecture 24: Anti-Terrorism of Southeast Asia 16th April 2003 (Wednesday) Structure of Lecture 24: Introduction to Southeast Asia and Islam Southeast Asian Response to 911 The Bali Night Club Terrorist Attack (The “1012 Incident”) The Australian Dream and the Iraqi War Conclusion: The Four Interpretations of Southeast Asian Terrorism PART IIntroduction to Southeast Asia and Islam Universal Vs Regional Religions Universal Religion: A Religion Aims at Converting the Whole World with a set of Universal Values e.g. Christianity, Islam, Buddhism Regional Religion: A Religion Exclusively Belonging to a Certain Region/ Ethnic Group Concept of the “Chosen Citizens by God” e.g. Judaism, Shitoism Islam as a Universal Religion Misconception: Islam = Middle East = Radical?! Muslims in Places Outside the Middle East Muslims in China (Huizu) and the Meaning of its Chinese Translation Muslims in Southeast Asia Muslims in the West (Gilles Kepel, Allah in the West, Stanford University Press, 1997) The Roles of Religion in the Southeast Asian History Islam from Middle East to Southeast Asia (1400AD) Religion as a Unifying Tool against External Threat Islam and Roman Catholicism SE Asia Vs Imperialism Philippine Vs Spain and USA Indonesia Vs Netherlands Malaysia and Singapore Vs Britain Independence of  Southeast Asia Independence of the Philippines as a Secular Republic (1946) Independence of Indonesia as an Islamic Republic (1949) Independence of Malaysia as a Federal Nation (1957) Independence of Singapore as an Authoritarian Republic (1963) Correlation between State Religion and Terrorism? Southeast Asia: the “Second Front of Anti-Terrorism” Catholic Nil Islam Support for US’s Anti-Terrorism PART IISoutheast Asian Response towards 911 The Internal Dilemma To Side with USA: Pros: An External Helper against Local Islamic Fundamentalism as a Rival to the Regime Cons: Losing Islamic Support Locally To Side against USA: Pros: Gaining Islamic Suppor