@article{digilib29306,
          volume = {1},
          number = {1},
           month = {July},
          author = {Bayu Mitra Adhyatma Kusuma},
           title = {ISLAM, ASYMMETRIC POLICY, AND SOCIAL CONFLICTS: THE STATE?S ROLE AS A ROOT OF RADICALISM IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THAILAND},
       publisher = {PSSAT Universitas Gadjah Mada},
            year = {2017},
         journal = {IKAT: The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies},
           pages = {33--46},
        keywords = {Asymmetric Policy, Social Conflict, State, Radicalism},
             url = {https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/29306/},
        abstract = {Radicalism has become a serious problem for many countries, including in Southeast
Asia. One of its triggering factors is an extreme understanding of religion that leads to
the assumption that people with different understandings are wrong and that violence
is a legitimate way to change the situation. This often occurs because of a love of lineage
or clan, as well as aggressive instincts. Such an extreme understanding results in the
religious social conflicts, which in reality{--}particularly those involving Islam in
Southeast Asia{--}are often influenced by regimes? asymmetric policies. This study,
therefore, explores the role of the State as a root of radicalism in the context of the
dynamic relationship between Islam and asymmetric policies, with a focus on the
southern Philippines and Thailand. Research findings show that the rise of radicalism in
the Philippines was caused by social conflict resulting from government manipulation of
referendum policy on special autonomy in predominant Muslim areas. Meanwhile,
radicalism in Thailand was triggered by social conflict resulting from the cultural
assimilation policy imposed upon the Muslim community by the government.
Keywords: Islam, Radicalism, Asymmetric Policy, Social Conflict}
}