An Indonesianist's View of Islamic Radicalism
Greg Barton's book touches only the tip of the iceberg of contemporary Indonesian radicalism.
February 15, 2005
Indonesia's Struggle
Author: Greg Barton
Publisher: UNSW Press, Australia, November 2004, 118 pages
Greg Barton is an Australian Indonesianist known for his incisive research on Nahdlatul Ulama and close association with its chairman Abdurrahman Wahid. He has written must-read books for anyone interested in a study of the growth of the largest Islamic organization in Indonesia to date.
Barton's scope of observation went beyond Nahdlatul
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