Radical Islam Is Gaining Ground in Indonesia

Public floggings and curfews across the land...
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It remains to be seen whether the government’s irresolution to tackle radical Islam will have negative consequences for the government itself and, more importantly, whether it will have repercussions on democracy and on coexistence – already difficult in several areas of the country – between communities. What we can certainly say now is that the signals are not encouraging at all. And this is even scarier if we consider that the radicalisation of Islam can provide fertile ground for the emboldening and proliferation of terrorist groups linked to ISIS, or inspired by them. ISIS which will extending its longa manus over Indonesia as a definite advantage, since besides hosting the world’s largest Muslim population, the country has a very important geo-strategic position.