https://www.scmp.com/rss/502021/feed Quinton Temby is a visiting fellow in the Indonesia Studies Programme at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com There are early signs of cross-pollination and convergence among Islamist opposition movements in Indonesia, based on an analysis of activity on the encrypted chat platform Telegram. This blurring of lines comes amid a government crackdown on Islamists, and indicates that some actors may have been radicalised and crossed into violent extremism since the banning of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) organisation in December last year. At the start of President Joko Widodo’s second term, opposition... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3145293/why-indonesian-militants-different-stripes-are-exchanging-anti?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3145293/why-indonesian-militants-different-stripes-are-exchanging-anti?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Aug 2021 05:00:24 +0000 Indonesia ’s riots in May serve as a warning to all democracies with polarised electorates, high social media penetration and institutions labouring under the strain of populist politics. The unrest was the first time in a democracy that social media-fuelled fake news and disinformation led to election riots. Supporters of opposition candidate Prabowo Subianto rejected the results of the presidential election, alleging incumbent Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, had stolen victory through... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3026057/indonesias-election-riots-offer-lesson-perils-fake-news?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3026057/indonesias-election-riots-offer-lesson-perils-fake-news?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Sep 2019 01:00:15 +0000