The Image of the other as Enemy: Radical Discourse in Indonesia

Muhammad Iqbal Ahnaf is a lecturer and researcher at the Center for Religious and Cross-cultural Studies at Gadjah Mada University and at Darul Ulum Islamic University, Lamongan, Indonesia.

This book analyzes the systematic construction of the image of the Other, that is, non-Muslims, by two radical Islamic groups, Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) and Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI). 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.” Moreover, in the long run, their activities may be counterproductive because of the religious and ethnic pluralism of Indonesian society.

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Muslim Women and Sports in the Malay World: The Crossroads of Modernity and Faith

Wirdati Mohdammad Radzi is a lecturer and researcher at the Sport Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. She is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Leicestershire, UK.

This book examines the challenges faced by young Muslim female athletes from Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia in competitive sports. After presenting a valuable socio-historical survey of the Malay world before, during, and after colonization, the author focuses in on contemporary social dynamics, including the emergence of Muslim women competing at the international level. Through surveys and interviews conducted at the Twenty-Second South East Asian Games in Hanoi, she captures the athletes’ experiences and perspectives as they compete, often under rules that conflict with Islamic practice.


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