The Taleban is not a Measuring Stick

A majority of poll respondents support Islamic fundamentalism and the concept of an Islamic state. Is this an expression of dissatisfaction with the failure of ethics and the nation’s legal system?

December 25, 2001

Darul Islam activists and originators of the Indonesian Islamic state concept would have applauded the results TEMPO’s latest poll: the majority of respondents seem to agree with the concept of an Islamic state and they understand the Islamic fundamentalist movement. They also supported a war on immorality, like the one carried out by the Defenders of Islam (FPI). The respondents also feel that the implementation of Syariah Islamic law woul

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