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Terrorism and jihad in I ndonesia: Questions and possible ways forward
Author(s) -
Harb Charles,
Fischer Ronald
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
asian journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-839X
pISSN - 1367-2223
DOI - 10.1111/ajsp.12020
Subject(s) - radicalization , terrorism , indonesian , violent extremism , context (archaeology) , psychology , social psychology , islam , criminology , epistemology , political science , sociology , law , philosophy , paleontology , linguistics , theology , biology
We critically examine the three papers on terrorism and jihad in I ndonesia contained in this issue. First, we argue that thorough discussion and definition of key terms (including religious violence and jihad) would have led to a much stronger framework for understanding the voices of the activists and their supporters. Second, the authors could have engaged more systematically with the international literature on intergroup relations and conflict to discuss how psychological and social processes of radicalization are similar or different in the I ndonesian context. Third, we highlight methodological and ethical shortcomings in the three papers that call into question a number of the conclusions drawn by the authors. We outline future research questions and provide suggestions to strengthen this important line of research.