Imam Samudra's revenge / Angus McIntyre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McIntyre, Angus, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic fundamentalism--Indonesia.

Islamic fundamentalism.

Extremists--Indonesia.

Extremists.

Radicalism--Indonesia--Religious aspects--Islam.

Radicalism.

Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.

Terrorism.

Jamaah Islamiyah (Indonesia).

Imron, Ali, 1970-.

Imron, Ali.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Vic. : MUP Academic Digital ; 2016.

Summary:

On the evening of 12 October 2002 two suicide bombers detonated bombs inside Paddy's Pub and in front of the Sari Club in Kuta, one of Bali's main tourist districts. Two hundred and two people were killed including eighty-eight Australians and thirty-eight Indonesians. The 'field coordinator' of this terrorist operation was the Bantenese Abdul Aziz alias Imam Samudra, who was later executed for his role in the attacks. Imam Samudra's Revenge examines why Samudra bombed nightclubs in Bali paying due regard to the social and political context provided by both his experiences as a youthful member of the Darul Islam movement in Indonesia and Pakistan, and the outbreak of religious violence in Indonesia from 1999. Yet these same factors also influenced his colleagues within the extremist Islamist group Jema'ah Islamiyah, and they strongly disapproved of his actions in Bali. Therefore, it is also important to consider Samudra's personality; and, more particularly, his proneness to humiliation which led him via the vengeful ideology of global jihadism to embrace terrorism in Bali.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Jihad in Context

2 Revenge and Its Justifications

3 Revenge in Theory

4 Abdul Aziz in Biographical Detail

5 Personality Reviewed

6 Conclusion

Index.

ISBN:

9780522869477

0522869475