The Impact Of Islamic Extremism On Indonesian Security

The financial crisis in Southeast Asia brought huge impact on Indonesia In 1997,including economic recession,large wealth gap and frequent corruption.During this period,the number of poor people in Indonesia increased sharply,and the quality of life of ordinary people declined seriously.As a result,people became disillusioned with the society and the government,and were easily fanned by Islamic Extremism.In addition,the Islamic revivalism movement brought a lot of extreme thoughts and expression into Indonesia.It also attracted Indonesian Muslims to join jihad in the Middle East.These Muslims brought jihad ideas and combat techniques back to Indonesia,established numerous Islamic extremist groups and carried out various forms of extreme activities.Islamic Extremism began to rise in Indonesia.Indonesia’s Islamic Extremism in the form of spreading Islamic extreme thoughts and implementing violent activities,has brought serious threats and challenges to Indonesia’s security.Firstly,Islamic Extremism has led to an intensification of separatist movements in the region.Originally,the separatist forces in the region only demanded the local autonomy from the government,but with the intervention of the Islamic extremist group,they turned into the regional independence and thus completely evolved into the separatist movement;Secondly,Islamic Extremism leads to rampant terrorist activities.Indonesia’s homegrown Islamic extremist groups have led a number of violent terrorist incidents since the founding of the country.They not only carried out bombing attacks in Indonesia,but also spread their influence to other countries in Southeast Asia.After the rise of the"Islamic state"movement in the Middle East in 2014,homegrown Islamic extremist groups in Indonesia were influenced by the"Islamic state",leading to more active terrorist activities;Finally,the political security of Indonesia is affected by Islamic Extremism.Islamic extremist groups rebelled to establish an Islamic state in Indonesia in the early days of the nation,then dominated democratic elections and put pressure on government decisions.The Indonesian government has taken a series of measures to deal with the negative impact of Islamic Extremism.These include improving relevant laws and institutions,conducting international cooperation in counter-terrorism,curbing Islamic extreme thoughts and other relevant measures.Based on the results of the government’s measures and realistic conditions,this paper analyzes the prospect of Islamic Extremism in Indonesia,and believes that Islamic Extremism will continue to exist and pose new threats to Indonesia’s security,including political elections will be driven to a larger extent by inflammatory religious issues and cooperation with China will be blocked.