PDF In Andal's Garden: Srivilliputtur by Archana Venkatesan; Crispin Branfoot in History

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This book analyzes the systematic construction of the image of the Other (that is; non-Muslims) by two radical Islamic Groups; Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia and Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia. The author documents discourse patterns in the groups' publications and speeches stereotyping non-Muslims as hostile towards Islam and imagining Islam's imminent victory after an inevitable clash with all other civilizations. Although these groups do not engage in physical violence; the author categorizes their efforts to stereotype non-Muslims as "symbolic violence" and counterproductive because of the religious and ethnic pluralism of Indonesian society.