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LookSmart's FindArticles – Australian Journal of Anthropology, The: Islamic radicalism online: the Moluccan mission of the Laskar Jihad in cyberspace

Posted on July 4th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Religious and Political Radicalization.

Throught Gary Bunt’s blog I found this article: LookSmart’s FindArticles – Australian Journal of Anthropology, The: Islamic radicalism online: the Moluccan mission of the Laskar Jihad in cyberspace

Birgit Brauchler

Since the investigations of the September 11, 2001 event, it has become increasingly obvious that terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism–interconnected or not–cannot be separated any more from cyberspace. (1) Radical Muslims as well as terrorists worldwide use the Internet to build up effective communication networks and to spread information and propaganda. Since the Bali bombing in October 2002, much effort has been put into the investigation of Islamism in Indonesia, the country with the world’s largest Muslim population. (2) The Laskar Jihad is one of the Islamist groups that have emerged in Indonesia recently. The Internet provided its members with the means to spread news and images of the Moluccan conflict in which they were actively involved, to project the image of an idealised Islamic identity and to express their attitude towards the September 11 attack and the group thought obviously responsible for it. This shows how the Internet has become an important instrument for the information politics of radical Muslim groups. Therefore, this is not a paper about the Laskar Jihad per se but is, rather, focused on its self-presentation in cyberspace, i.e. the social space constituted by the Internet.

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LookSmart’s FindArticles – Australian Journal of Anthropology, The: Islamic radicalism online: the Moluccan mission of the Laskar Jihad in cyberspace

Posted on July 4th, 2005 by .
Categories: Religious and Political Radicalization.

Throught Gary Bunt’s blog I found this article: LookSmart’s FindArticles – Australian Journal of Anthropology, The: Islamic radicalism online: the Moluccan mission of the Laskar Jihad in cyberspace

Birgit Brauchler

Since the investigations of the September 11, 2001 event, it has become increasingly obvious that terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism–interconnected or not–cannot be separated any more from cyberspace. (1) Radical Muslims as well as terrorists worldwide use the Internet to build up effective communication networks and to spread information and propaganda. Since the Bali bombing in October 2002, much effort has been put into the investigation of Islamism in Indonesia, the country with the world’s largest Muslim population. (2) The Laskar Jihad is one of the Islamist groups that have emerged in Indonesia recently. The Internet provided its members with the means to spread news and images of the Moluccan conflict in which they were actively involved, to project the image of an idealised Islamic identity and to express their attitude towards the September 11 attack and the group thought obviously responsible for it. This shows how the Internet has become an important instrument for the information politics of radical Muslim groups. Therefore, this is not a paper about the Laskar Jihad per se but is, rather, focused on its self-presentation in cyberspace, i.e. the social space constituted by the Internet.

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Lifemakers NL

Posted on July 4th, 2005 by .
Categories: Internal Debates, My Research, Young Muslims.

Sinds vandaag online: Lifemakers NL

Dit is een website gerelateerd aan Amr Khaled’s initiatief Lifemakers. Volgens de website gelooft Amr Khaled dat het de (hoogste?) tijd was voor verandering en dat het overschot aan energie van de jeugd moet worden gebruikt voor een betere toekomst en om een toegevoegde waarde te leveren aan de reden en het nut van het bestaan. Het idee achter Lifemakers is het opzetten van projecten waarvan de opleving van de samenlevingen het doel is. Voor meer info ga zelf maar even kijken.

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Protected: C L O S E R – Radicaal Rechts en de moskeebrand in Rotterdam

Posted on July 2nd, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Religious and Political Radicalization.

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Protected: NRC Handelsblad – Misvatting over 'terreur' scholieren

Posted on July 2nd, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Religious and Political Radicalization, Some personal considerations, Young Muslims, Youth culture (as a practice).

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Protected: NRC Handelsblad – Misvatting over ‘terreur’ scholieren

Posted on July 2nd, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Religious and Political Radicalization, Some personal considerations, Young Muslims, Youth culture (as a practice).

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Protected: C L O S E R – De spin in het zelfmoordnet

Posted on July 2nd, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

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Protected: Elsevier.nl – Nederland – 'Hardere aanpak radicale leerlingen nodig'

Posted on July 1st, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Multiculti Issues, Religious and Political Radicalization.

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Protected: Elsevier.nl – Nederland – ‘Hardere aanpak radicale leerlingen nodig’

Posted on July 1st, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Multiculti Issues, Religious and Political Radicalization.

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Moslims op terreurtraining – telegraaf.nl

Posted on July 1st, 2005 by .
Categories: Religious and Political Radicalization.

In de Telegraaf: Moslims op terreurtraining

In een artikel in de Telegraaf staat dat drie jongens van Marokkaanse afkomst uit Amsterdam en een Surinaamse Nederlander, gerekruteerd zijn door het ‘jihad-pendelnetwerk’ van de Parijse imam Raouf Ben Halima, kopstuk van de beruchte Tabligh-beweging.

Voor dat we dit direct gaan koppelen aan de Tablighi in Nederland toch even de opmerking dat deze beweging in Nederland wel eens anders van karakter kan zijn dan in Frankrijk…

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