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The Image of the Other as Enemy

The Image of the Other as Enemy

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This book analyzes the systematic construction of the image of the Other (that is, non-Muslims) by two radical Islamic Groups, Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia and Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia. The author documents discourse patterns in the groups' publications and speeches stereotyping non-Muslims as hostile towards Islam and imagining Islam's imminent victory after an inevitable clash with all other civilizations. Although these groups do not engage in physical violence, the author categorizes their efforts to stereotype non-Muslims as "symbolic violence" and counterproductive because of the religious and ethnic pluralism of Indonesian society. Muhammad Iqbal Ahnaf is a lecturer and researcher at the Center for Religious and Cross-cultural Studies at Gadjah Mada University and at Darul Ulum Islamic University, Lamongan, Indonesia.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
76
Release Date:
2006-11-01
Publication Date:
2006-11-01
Publisher:
University of Washington Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
9749361997
ISBN13:
9789749361993
Weight:
145 g
Height:
143 cm
Width:
214 cm
Thickness:
7 cm
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