Boy, Marcus and El-Muhammady, Ahmad and Henkin, Samuel and Nur Ahmad, Hafiza Nur Adheen and Dollah, Ramli and Wan Hassan, Wan Shawaluddin and Singh, Jagroop (2020) Divergent dimensions of radicalization risk: migration and violent extremism in Sabah, Malaysia. Project Report. University of Maryland, USA.
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Abstract
This desk study is the product of a collaborative effort undertaken by researchers at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland, the International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM), and the Universiti of Malaysia Sabah (UMS). It endeavors to provide an account of local dynamics of violent extremism in the Sulu basin and vulnerabilities exploited by regional violent extremist organizations (VEOs) that make the region a hotbed of terrorist recruitment and training. Our initial research suggests that, despite the deficiency of extant research, the threat is especially high in the Malaysian state of Sabah, given its geographic positioning on the northeastern edge of the island of Borneo, sitting just across from western Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago, where a resilient and violent Moro separatist movement (Bangsamoro), as well as a homegrown jihadist movement, have taken root. Recently, these movements have aligned ideologically with the Islamic State (IS), and receive financing, training, and weapons to carry out violent extremism and terrorist objectives in the region. Moreover, VEOs actively exploit existing security vulnerabilities and common drivers of violent extremism in the region. In order to provide a holistic picture of the current state of violent extremism in the region, our research takes a regionalist approach that examines regional violent extremism movements, not as mere products of transnational jihadi activity as often argued, but rather as products of regional history and local political, ethno-religious, and sociocultural dynamics that became, often in a reductive manner, associated with global extremist movements. Sabah’s close proximity to the Philippines and Indonesia, combined with longstanding trade routes, porous borders, and cross-border familial ties, facilitate high levels of irregular migrant flows between countries through clandestine channels. VEOs not only use Sabah as a transit point but also actively exploit these unique circumstances and grievances to radicalize and recruit impressionable Malaysians and Filipino expatriates living in Sabah
| Item Type: | Monograph (Project Report) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Marcus Boy. Samuel Henkin, Hafiza Nur Adeen Nor Ahmad, Ramli Dollah, Wan Shawaluddin Wan Hassan, Jagroop Singh, Ahmad El-Muhammady |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JZ International relations |
| Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button): | International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) |
| Depositing User: | Dr Ahmad El-Muhammady |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2021 14:54 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Mar 2021 14:54 |
| URI: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/88886 |
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