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Originally posted by moe.ron
Afraid I don't know much about the western Islamic community either. I can tell you that sub-sahara Islamic community hasn't seen a growth in radical Islam.
For ethnic tensions, the media did a pretty bad coverage of what happen. It has more to do with tribalism then religion. Then, you mix politic and corruption, bang. Disaster awaits for all that happen to be caught in the middle of it. Islam has pretty much stabilized in both country. Approximately 88% of over 230 million Indonesians are Muslim. Of the 23 million Malaysians, I would say around 60% of them are Muslims.
In both cases, Saudi Arabia has tried hard to fund their version of islam in both countries. I would say that they succeeded somewhat, however, the success has all but dissapear. As I've said, the NU and Muhammadiyah has done a great job countering the Wahabi influence.
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http://islamlib.com/en/page.php?page=article&id=425
Here's an interesting website and article. I don't have time to delve into the influence of Saudi Arabia or growth of radical Islam, let alone any type of Islam for a bit. I am stuck actually working blah.
-Rudey
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