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Islamism And Terrorist Groups In Asia (The Growth and Influence of Islam in the Nations of Asia and Central Asia)

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"Islamism and Terrorist Groups in Asia: The Growth and Influence of Islam In the Nations of Asia and Central Asia" by Michael Radu, 112 pages. Chapters: Overview Islam in Asia; Islamism and Islamist Terrorism; South Asia; Southeast Asia; Central Asia; Combating Islamist Terrorism in Asia; Chronology; Glossary; Further reading; Internet Resources. On page 30 the author finally noted a source for terrorism: "Islamist terrorists belong to many distinct groups with different agenda, but they generally share a commitment to wage jihad (holy war) and to desire to establish a worldwide Islamic state, or caliphate", but doesn't really get into a detailed explanation as to what theological underpinnings justify their militancy. No discussion of any Satanic Verses in the Quran that might stimulate their activism. {To understand this one needs to read Robert Spencer's "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam."} The author discusses al-Qaeda briefly, and very briefly notes how the Saudi Wahhabists spread their theology throughout Central Asia during the 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The author briefly discusses the Islamist influences of: Hassan al-Banna, Sayyid Qutb, the influence of India's Deobandi school of Islamic theology, and Osama bin Laden. The major Islamist terrorist groups active throughout Asia are named and described herein until 2003. Something for teenagers to use in writing a short essay regarding Islamist terrorism. As the hardback was published in 2006 [the copy I'm holding], and as its last terrorist incidents were covered in late 2003, it is becoming stale-dated.