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Written in an accessible, journalistic style, Jihad in Paradise
focuses on Southeast Asia's struggle to deal with Islamic
extremists and terrorism at the hands of Jemah Islamiyah, al
Qaeda's Southeast Asian arm. Although the book gives particular
attention to Singapore's attempts to deal with these issues, the
story extends into Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. All of
these countries have significant Muslim populations, and recent
violent events have affected the business environment, tourism, and
the region's tradition of religious tolerance. The author draws on
personal interviews with experts in the field as well as key
political and religious figures in Singapore, Malaysia, and
Indonesia, including Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Minister for
Muslim Affairs Jaacoub Ibrahim, and expelled Muslim dissident
Zulfikar Mohamad Sharif. Millard examines the Bali bombing,
Malaysia's conservative Islamic party PAS, the Malaysian province
of Kelantan which is a Muslim political hotbed, Abu Saayaf of the
Philippines, and Fateha.com and the use of the Internet. He also
provides a glimpse of how Singapore, the region's most developed
nation, has engineered its society in order to impose a degree of
racial and religious tolerance.
Written in an accessible, journalistic style, Jihad in Paradise
focuses on Southeast Asia's struggle to deal with Islamic
extremists and terrorism at the hands of Jemah Islamiyah, al
Qaeda's Southeast Asian arm. Although the book gives particular
attention to Singapore's attempts to deal with these issues, the
story extends into Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. All of
these countries have significant Muslim populations, and recent
violent events have affected the business environment, tourism, and
the region's tradition of religious tolerance. The author draws on
personal interviews with experts in the field as well as key
political and religious figures in Singapore, Malaysia, and
Indonesia, including Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Minister for
Muslim Affairs Jaacoub Ibrahim, and expelled Muslim dissident
Zulfikar Mohamad Sharif. Millard examines the Bali bombing,
Malaysia's conservative Islamic party PAS, the Malaysian province
of Kelantan which is a Muslim political hotbed, Abu Saayaf of the
Philippines, and Fateha.com and the use of the Internet. He also
provides a glimpse of how Singapore, the region's most developed
nation, has engineered its society in order to impose a degree of
racial and religious tolerance.
A critique of America's flawed Asia policy that centres on US-Japan
relations but harkens back to the same disastrous views that drew
America into Vietnam. The technique is a narrative flow of short
vignettes woven into longer chapters; the main strands are personal
reflections and interviews.
Written by an American journalist living and working in Japan, this
book helps the reader understand the enormous problems inherent in
both U.S. attitudes towards Asia, and in Japan's way of looking at
and dealing with the world. It uses a narrative flow of personal
reflections and interviews with both informed Western observers and
many Japanese to present its main theme: criticism of the long-term
assumption that Asian countries will become more American as they
reap the benefits of capitalism.
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