You're right. I'm not talking about JI's membership only.
The bombings still occur and people are still calling many of these terrorists freedom fighters and can't seem to break emotional loyalties for logic and truth.
Indonesia still is not a safe-haven for moderates and it's still only one country in South East Asia.
I really do wish that Indonesia would reject all these acts and become a new powerhouse. There is absolutely no reason for me not to want that you see.
-Rudey
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Originally posted by moe.ron
The bombing does not prove that Jemaah ISlamiyah is gaining membership, neither does it prove that its ideology is gaining ground. Sure there are people who identify with the terrorists, but does it mean that JI membership is increasing?
I would suggest that the recent election is a good indication where Indonesians attitude toward radical Islam lays. The secular parties have won it in an overwhelming manner. The radical parties were only able to garner a very small votes. In fact, they are loosing support to the point that the biggest Islamic party, PPP, has changed itself from being an Islamic party into a conservative nationalist party.
Dr Greg Fealy, a research fellow in Indonesian politics at the Department of Political and Social Change Research, School of Pacific and Asian Studies, at the Australian National University, Canberra, made the following statement about the repercussion about the bombing:
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