“Daesh-isation” of Southeast Asia’s Jihadists

• Main Authors: Muhammad Haziq Bin Jani, Jasminder Singh
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80221; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40422
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Militant Muslim groups in Southeast Asia have adopted the ideology of ISIL/ Daesh in preparing for a jihadi war in Southern Philippines and Eastern Indonesia. They have internationalised their operations across boundaries, rejecting existing state identities and allegiances and duplicating ISIL’s pe...