Terrorist Rehabilitation and Community Engagement in Malaysia and Southeast Asia
The contributors to this book analyse the different approaches and modes of terrorist rehabilitation that have been attempted by Malaysia and other countries in Southeast Asia.
With an emphasis on the particular contexts within which they operate, this book examines the factors that determine the relative successes and failure of a wide range of community initiatives in integrating terrorists back into society. These initiatives include using methods based on social psychology, religion, and entrepreneurship to develop a comprehensive approach to rehabilitating and deradicalizing terrorists in Malaysia as well as Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines. As such it makes an important contribution to the global policy debate, coloured by the unique characteristics of the South East Asia region.
It is a valuable resource for researchers and policy makers seeking constructive ways to counter violent extremism.
Mohd Mizan Aslam is Professor of Strategic Studies at the Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), and founder and first director of the Malaysian Research Institute of Strategic Studies (MyRISS).
Rohan Gunaratna is Professor of Security Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technology University, and Head of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research, Singapore.
Routledge Studies in the Politics of Disorder and Instability
This series brings together research on issues involving dissent, disorder, rebellion, revolution and governability at national, regional and comparative levels. Focusing on the political, social and economic causes of these phenomena and analysing case studies from around the world. It aims to develop our understanding of both the details of individual examples and the common characteristics of international trends.
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Terrorist Rehabilitation and Community Engagement in Malaysia and Southeast Asia
Edited by Mohd Mizan Aslam and Rohan Gunaratna
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Names: Aslam, Mohd Mizan, editor. | Gunaratna, Rohan, 1961 editor.
Title: Terrorist rehabilitation and community engagement in Malaysia and Southeast Asia / edited by Mohd Mizan Aslam and Rohan Gunaratna.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. | Series: Routledge studies in the politics of disorder and instability | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019033722 (print) | LCCN 2019033723 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: TerroristsRehabilitationMalaysia. | TerroristsRehabilitationSoutheast Asia. | TerrorismMalaysiaPrevention. | TerrorismSoutheast AsiaPrevention.
Classification: LCC HV6433.M3 T47 2019 (print) | LCC HV6433.M3 (ebook) | DDC 363.325/170959dc23
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Contents
by Dato Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay
by Dato Seri Zulkifli bin Omar
Mohd Mizan Aslam and Rohan Gunaratna
Rohan Gunaratna
Mohd Mizan Aslam
Nurdeng Deuraseh
Muhamad Husni Hasbulah, Afiffudin Mohammed Noor, Ku Mohd Syarbaini Ku Yaacob and Khalilullah Amin Ahmad
Siti Zubaidah Abu Bakar, Mohd Mizan Aslam and Kamaruzaman Yusoff
Hasrul Bin Hashom and Anis Jazilah Azmin
Sabariah Mohamed Hussein
Fajar Erikha and Any Rufaedah
Benedicto R. Bacani
Ahmad Fadhel Yousif and Ahmad El-Muhammadi
This book is based on research on countering violent extremism and deradicalization in Southeast Asia. In Perlis, I would like to thank His Royal Highness Crown Prince of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Ibn Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Jamaullail, for his patronage to this project. We would like to include a special note of thanks to Islamic University College of Perlis especially Dr Kartina Mohd and Dr Mai Syaheera M. Shaari as well as all of the committee members of International Conference on Deradicalization (ICOD2018) who helped us in collating these chapters. We are indebted those who are participated in ICOD 2018 to make terrorist rehabilitation and community engagement a global imperative. The staff of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR) participated and assisted in ICOD 2018.
We would also like to thank the Ministry of Home Affairs of Malaysia (KDN) especially the leaders for their vision. In particular, our deepest appreciation goes to Dato Seri Zahid Hamidi, former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, and Dato Seri Zulkifli Omar, the Director General of Prison Department of Malaysia, for his visionary leadership in the formative years of these initiatives. They fostered a treasured multi-partite cooperation between the government, community organisations, and academia, which consequently led to a significant contribution to the counter-terrorism and deradicalization narrative in Southeast Asia and global spectrum.
In Singapore, we would like to express our gratitude by thanking Ambassador Ong Keng Yong, Executive Deputy Chairman, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at the Nanyang Technological University for his support for research. Many in government both past and present, especially the visionary leadership Mr Benny Lim, led to successful community engagement and terrorist rehabilitation initiatives.
