Reflections of a reformed jihadist : the story of Wan Min Wan Mat

On 29 August 2012, a rehabilitated former senior member of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network, Wan Min Wan Mat, delivered a lecture to a group of Malaysian counter-terrorism practitioners in which he sketched out the ideological rationale and aims of the JI network, unpacked in some detail its...

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Main Author: Kumar Ramakrishna
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-878502024-01-22T06:44:42Z Reflections of a reformed jihadist : the story of Wan Min Wan Mat Kumar Ramakrishna S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Humanities::Religions::Islam Hizbut Tahrir ISIS On 29 August 2012, a rehabilitated former senior member of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network, Wan Min Wan Mat, delivered a lecture to a group of Malaysian counter-terrorism practitioners in which he sketched out the ideological rationale and aims of the JI network, unpacked in some detail its recruitment and indoctrination philosophy and methodology and also examined what in his personal view are potentially useful strategies for rehabilitating JI militants or preventing the further dissemination of JI extremist ideas. This article examines and evaluates some of the key insights made by Wan Min in his lecture, and argues that his musings are more than mere historical interest in that they have direct relevance to the current struggle against the latest incarnation of the continually evolving violent jihadist threat in Southeast Asia and globally, namely the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or IS). The central reason for this is that the same broad ideology that animated JI — Salafi Jihadism — basically motivates ISIS as well. Hence, even allowing for dissimilarities in time and space, Wan Min’s insights about JI could well provide useful pointers for counter-terrorism practitioners and specialists dealing with the ISIS threat today. Published version 2018-12-07T03:22:14Z 2019-12-06T16:50:45Z 2018-12-07T03:22:14Z 2019-12-06T16:50:45Z 2016 Journal Article Kumar Ramakrishna. (2016). Reflections of a reformed jihadist : the story of Wan Min Wan Mat. Contemporary Southeast Asia, 38(3), 495-522. doi:10.1355/cs38-3f 0129-797X https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87850 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46863 10.1355/cs38-3f en Contemporary Southeast Asia © 2016 ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute.
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Reflections of a reformed jihadist : the story of Wan Min Wan Mat
description On 29 August 2012, a rehabilitated former senior member of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network, Wan Min Wan Mat, delivered a lecture to a group of Malaysian counter-terrorism practitioners in which he sketched out the ideological rationale and aims of the JI network, unpacked in some detail its recruitment and indoctrination philosophy and methodology and also examined what in his personal view are potentially useful strategies for rehabilitating JI militants or preventing the further dissemination of JI extremist ideas. This article examines and evaluates some of the key insights made by Wan Min in his lecture, and argues that his musings are more than mere historical interest in that they have direct relevance to the current struggle against the latest incarnation of the continually evolving violent jihadist threat in Southeast Asia and globally, namely the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or IS). The central reason for this is that the same broad ideology that animated JI — Salafi Jihadism — basically motivates ISIS as well. Hence, even allowing for dissimilarities in time and space, Wan Min’s insights about JI could well provide useful pointers for counter-terrorism practitioners and specialists dealing with the ISIS threat today.
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