Frontier India August 26th, 2010
Concept of United Islamic Entity in South East Asia By Maloy Krishna Dhar The concept of a united Islamic political entity in South East Asia was sounded by Maulana Kifayet Ali in 1925 and he named it as Java Republic. He had envisioned such republics in Northern Africa, Arab World, Central Asia and Indian subcontinent. While his dream of a Muslim homeland out of united India has materialized his vision of Muslim unity in various parts of the world are not seen in the horizon. However, Islamic jihadists had conceived the idea of Nausetara Raya-united Muslim political entity including Southern Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Southern Philippines, Brunei, Southern Cambodia etc places. See map below. This, according to them was possible through Dawa (religious preaching) and armed struggle. Some groups looked towards Pakistan, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Osama bin Laden. Since Iran revolution the South East Asia has not seen respite from jihadi activities. [read more...] http://frontierindia.net/wa/concept-of-united-islamic-entity-in-south-east-asia/1284/
