«SOFT POWER» AGAINST OF RELIGIOUS TERRORISM IN INDONESIA
https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2017-13-1-115-132
Abstract
The article describes the Indonesian Government using non-violent methods in withstanding the spread of radicalism in contemporaryIndonesia. The article analyzes the development of de-radicalization program aimed at the rehabilitation of the former terrorists and supporters of violent methods of the Islamization of the country — the jihadists. The main tools are such methods of struggle against terrorism and extremism, as de-radicalization, rehabilitation and reintegration into society, and most importantly — the elimination of roots and causes of terrorism. This article provides details on how the use of the “soft power” in withstanding extremism works, as well as successes and difficulties in implementing this program.
About the Author
L. M. EfimovaRussian Federation
Larisa M. Efimova, Dr. Sci. (Hist.), Professor; Professor of the Chair of Oriental Studies
(76, Vernadskogo Av., Moscow, 119454)
References
1. Yefimova L. M. (2011). Islamskiy ekstremizm v Indonezii. Yugo-Vostochnaya Aziya: aktual’nyye problemy razvitiya [Religious Extremism in Indonesia. South-East Asia and Actual Problems of Its Development]. № 17. S. 90–105. (In Russian).
2. Yefimova L. M. (2016). Politicheskiye sistem y stran Yugo-Vostochnoy Azii (Indoneziya, Malayziya, Singapur, Bruney) [Political Systems of South-East Asia States (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei)]. Moscow. MGIMO. 264 p. (In Russian).
Review
For citations:
Efimova L.M. «SOFT POWER» AGAINST OF RELIGIOUS TERRORISM IN INDONESIA. Islam in the modern world. 2017;13(1):115-132. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2017-13-1-115-132