JAKARTA: The flames of Islamic fundamentalism are not confined to the Middle East and Central Asia. Indonesia is increasingly in the news because of its large Muslim population, the rise of fundamentalist rhetoric, and purported connections to international terrorism.
The emergence of violent Muslim vigilante groups employing rhetoric and mobilising followers for jihad is one of the most conspicuous new phenomena in Indonesian Islam.
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