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Political Islam and Violence in Indonesia.

Publication: Contemporary Southeast Asia
Publication Date: 01-AUG-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Political Islam and Violence in Indonesia.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Political Islam and Violence in Indonesia. By Zachary Abuza. New York: Routledge, 2007. Hardcover, 162pp.

Zachary Abuza's latest book is arguably his best work so far. Whereas his ground-breaking Militant Islam in Southeast Asia: Crucible of Terror (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner, 2003) was edgy and uneven, Political Islam and Violence in Indonesia is a much more finely-balanced and considered work. Abuza has spent the past several years crisscrossing Southeast Asia and interviewing scores of informants and activists and it shows in this book, not so much from direct quotations and endnotes as from the book's more nuanced analysis and thoughtful tone. Specialists of Islam in Indonesia and archipelagic Southeast Asia will still find a certain awkwardness and lack of precision in places but the broad brush strokes on Abuza's large canvass convey a faithful representation of his complex subject.

To his great credit, and certainly adding to the unique appeal to this book, Abuza has attempted...

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