Misunderstood: Political Islam in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia--home to more than 250 million Muslims and to the largest Islamic country in the world--has experienced a perceptible intensification of Islamic militancy after September 11, 2001. The futility of the US-led war in Iraq and the failure of the "coalition of the willing" to secure UN approval to attack Iraq have heightened Islamic animosity in the region and across the Muslim world.

Radical Islam will continue to grow if Muslims, despite being the world's second largest religious community, continue to be treated like pariahs of the international community. Never in recent history have Muslims been subjected to such intense scrutiny, marginalization, and siege on ... // 93% Remaining