Countering ISIS ideological threat: reclaim Islam's intellectual traditions

• Main Author: Mohamed Bin Ali
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Country and region studies; Middle East and North Africa (MENA); Global; International politics and security
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82080; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39802
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The terrorist attacks in Paris and Jakarta and the recent arrest of ISIS-leaning Bangladeshi nationals in Singapore clearly highlights the enduring pervasiveness of the ISIS ideological threat. Reclaiming Islamic intellectual traditions will be critical to deal with the threat.