- 30 Oct 2017 19:11
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That is interesting. But note that Java isn’t homogeneous. On the western third of the island you have a group know as the Sudanese. The Javanese occupy the remained. Most of both these groups are a Muslim, but there remains pockets of Javanese Hindus. There are Chiristian and Budust minorities, mainly of ethnic Chinese backgroup.
Of the Muslims, there is only Sunni. But they are divided into modernists and traditionalists. The modernists are Saudi influenced and so represent both the radical jihadis and a more conventional group of modernist reformers (think Al Jazeera or Hibz ur Tarif) who aren’t technically terrorists. Still political Islamic modernists, though.
The traditionalists represent the old rural elite, a good example being the late Gus Dur. These are the cultural Islam group. This faction can be somewhat easier to get along with than the modernists, as they are more inclined to compromise in the interest of preserving the peace. But if pushed they can be quite violent. Soekarno pushed them too far with his communist land ownership reforms in the 1960’s which led to a massacre of millions of ethnic Chinese commies and brought Soeharto to power. Poor old POD would have been on Soekarto Hatta’s side. Oh well...
The Sudanese can be militant in their religion. They were a major component in the Dar al Islam insurrection in the 1950’s 1960’s. The Javanese then to look down on them as being less civilised. They are possibly less sophisticated in their thinking than the Javanese and are more included to get involved with militant causes.
So the population in Suriname being of Javanese origin is interesting. If they are traditionalists living in isolation, then they won’t easily be influenced by the modernist reformer radicals and can be safely ignored.
Which is why so many countries, not just Western countries, have to fight them. They won’t stop if we stopped fighting them. There is no apparent opportunity for peace apart from crushing them completely.
SolarCross wrote:Wiki says 14%, Suriname's muslims are from Java mostly. Javanese muslims are culturally very distant from what we might call closer-to-origin muslims of the MENA. So that is a factor as I already stated. Suriname isn't representative of muslims in Lebanon, Saudi, Iran, Afghanistan etc. You can't ignore over a billion muslims and point to a tiny population of around 60,000 people and say Islam doesn't encourage terrorism. Also even in tiny and distant Suriname there is some terrorism:
Former Head Of Suriname’s Counter-Terrorism Unit Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Attempting To Support Hezbollah, Narcotics Trafficking, And Firearms Offenses
"Freedom" is the name some people like to use as an umbrella term for western culture, it came in fashion with the Cold War I guess.
That is interesting. But note that Java isn’t homogeneous. On the western third of the island you have a group know as the Sudanese. The Javanese occupy the remained. Most of both these groups are a Muslim, but there remains pockets of Javanese Hindus. There are Chiristian and Budust minorities, mainly of ethnic Chinese backgroup.
Of the Muslims, there is only Sunni. But they are divided into modernists and traditionalists. The modernists are Saudi influenced and so represent both the radical jihadis and a more conventional group of modernist reformers (think Al Jazeera or Hibz ur Tarif) who aren’t technically terrorists. Still political Islamic modernists, though.
The traditionalists represent the old rural elite, a good example being the late Gus Dur. These are the cultural Islam group. This faction can be somewhat easier to get along with than the modernists, as they are more inclined to compromise in the interest of preserving the peace. But if pushed they can be quite violent. Soekarno pushed them too far with his communist land ownership reforms in the 1960’s which led to a massacre of millions of ethnic Chinese commies and brought Soeharto to power. Poor old POD would have been on Soekarto Hatta’s side. Oh well...
The Sudanese can be militant in their religion. They were a major component in the Dar al Islam insurrection in the 1950’s 1960’s. The Javanese then to look down on them as being less civilised. They are possibly less sophisticated in their thinking than the Javanese and are more included to get involved with militant causes.
So the population in Suriname being of Javanese origin is interesting. If they are traditionalists living in isolation, then they won’t easily be influenced by the modernist reformer radicals and can be safely ignored.
The root of the Islamic drive to dominate other religions and its use of terrorism as the main means of achieving it comes ultimately from the example of their prophet as seen in the Hadith. That's the common denominator. If you look at "radical" groups like ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, Hamas, Hezbollah, Al Shabaab, Muslim Brotherhood etc and then compare with how the early muslims carried on there isn't really a difference, swords have given way to guns, that's it.
Now how exactly that plays out in various places will depend on how many muslims there are, how motivated they are, and what status they occupy amongst the kafir, whether the kafir are submissive or proud.
Which is why so many countries, not just Western countries, have to fight them. They won’t stop if we stopped fighting them. There is no apparent opportunity for peace apart from crushing them completely.