TY  - JOUR
ID  - digilib35604
UR  - https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/35604/
IS  - 2
A1  - Kusuma, Bayu Mitra Adhyatma
Y1  - 2018///
N2  - Abstract
The Southern Philippines is known as one of the areas that never gets out of conflict.
Even so, in 2017, the public was shocked by the emergence of the Maute group in
Marawi which is affiliated with ISIS, also known as Daesh, who are transnational
terrorists. They commit many human rights violations such as kidnapping and murder. In
addition, terrorist groups that have existed before, like Abu Sayyaf, often operated by
crossing several Southeast Asian countries? water boundaries, so the problem is
transformed into a regional issue. This study aims to describe and analyze the relationship
between transnational Islamic movements, which are the cause of regional terrorism, and
the opposition formed by an alternative military approach in combination with religion.
These approaches were formed after conventional military actions were felt to be too
difficult. This research?s results show that, to face the difficulties of conventional military
approaches, the Philippines government formed a Muslim special unit in their military
force. On the one hand, this change could have positive impacts. Religious and cultural
approach, compared to a conventional military approach, can open up a larger dialogue
space. Therefore this unit can be more adaptable because it has the ability to gain local
community support. Finally, this specialized unit can facilitate military coordination and
cooperation with Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei Darussalam as they are allcountries
with a majority Muslim population. But, on the other hand, this specialized unit can also
have negative impacts. For example, there is the potential emergence of factions within
the military or gap between the Muslim units with other soldiers. Also, this unit can
reinforce the stigma that Muslims are terrorists and must be fought with hard-core
Muslims that are in military uniform.
Keywords: Transnational Islam, Regional Terrorism, Muslim Special Unit, the
Philippines Military
JF  - The Journal Of Southeast Asian Human Rights
VL  - 2
KW  - Keywords: Transnational Islam
KW  -  Regional Terrorism
KW  -  Muslim Special Unit
KW  -  the Philippines Military
SN  - 2599-2147
TI  - TRANSNATIONAL ISLAM, REGIONAL TERRORISM, AND MILITARY POWER: THE RISE OF MUSLIM SPECIAL UNIT IN THE PHILIPPINES ARMED FORCE
SP  - 471
AV  - public
EP  - 487
ER  -