eprintid: 35604
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creators_name: Kusuma, Bayu Mitra Adhyatma
title: TRANSNATIONAL ISLAM, REGIONAL TERRORISM, AND MILITARY POWER: THE RISE OF MUSLIM SPECIAL UNIT IN THE PHILIPPINES ARMED FORCE
ispublished: pub
subjects: polis
divisions: ebok_algor
full_text_status: public
monograph_type: documentation
keywords: Keywords: Transnational Islam, Regional Terrorism, Muslim Special Unit, the Philippines Military
abstract: 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
date: 2018
date_type: published
publication: The Journal Of Southeast Asian Human Rights
volume: 2
number: 2
pagerange: 471-487
institution: UNIVERSITAS ISLAM NEGERI SUNAN KALIJAGA YOGYAKARTA
department: Fakultas Adab dan Ilmu Budaya
refereed: TRUE
issn: 2599-2147
citation:   Kusuma, Bayu Mitra Adhyatma  (2018) TRANSNATIONAL ISLAM, REGIONAL TERRORISM, AND MILITARY POWER: THE RISE OF MUSLIM SPECIAL UNIT IN THE PHILIPPINES ARMED FORCE.  The Journal Of Southeast Asian Human Rights, 2 (2).  pp. 471-487.  ISSN 2599-2147     
document_url: https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/35604/1/01.%20Bayu%20Mitra%20Adhyatma%20Kusuma%20-%20TRANSNATIONAL%20ISLAM%2C%20REGIONAL%20TERRORISM%2C%20AND%20MILITARY%20POWER%20-%20THE%20RISE%20OF%20MUSLIM%20SPECIAL%20UNIT%20IN%20THE%20PHILIPPINES%20ARMED%20FORCE.pdf