Why Muslims Participate in Jihad: An Empirical Survey of Islamic Religiosity in Indonesia and Iran

by Dicky Sofjan

Overview

Firmly embedded in the Islamic religious thought, practice and ethos, jihad (colloquially, 'Islamic holy war') is far from being an anachronism. In the aftermath of September 11, statesman, laymen and scholars and would be researchers have struggled to explain and understand why Muslims would be willing to participate in jihad. Is there some form of logic behind the decision? To what extent does rational instrumentalism determine the variation in the level of willingness to participate? Can socioeconomic status indicators tell us something about the profiles of the jihad participants and its prospective doers? Does identity politics have any significant bearing on the Muslims' level of participation? Based on empirical survey on Islamic religiosity in Indonesia and Iran, this study sets out to examine these pertinent issues. It delves into the various dimensions of religiosity, while explaining to what extent and how religious affection affects Muslim participation in jihad.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789794333990
Publisher:	ATF Press
Publication date:	12/31/2006
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	6.16(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.57(d)

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments     7
Table of Contents     15
List of Figures     19
Glossary of Foreign Terms     23
Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms     31
The Elusive Phenomenon Called Jihad     35
Theoretical Terrain     44
Participation in Collective Action     46
Conceptualizing Jihad     49
Methodology of Study     55
Organization of Chapters     59
Subjective Notion of Participation     61
Why Bother to Participate in Collective Actions     66
Rational Choice Model     70
Expressive Choice Model     79
Resistance, Militancy and Politico-Religious Mindset in Islam     89
Quo Vadis? Muslims during Post-Independence     95
Domestication of Muslim Politics     99
From Disenchantment to Resurgence and Militancy     102
The Mindset of Militant Muslims     109
Muslim Political Identity     115
Islamic Reassertion among Indonesian Muslims     121
Islam and the State     124
Indonesian Mode of Jihad     134
Participation in Jihad among Indonesian Muslims     140
Religiosity and Jihad inIndonesia     144
Revisiting Revolutionary Iran     148
Shia Islam and the State     153
Iranian Mode of Jihad     162
Participation in Jihad among Iranian Muslims     168
Religiosity and Jihad in Iran     174
Comparing Islamic Religiosity, Political Expression and Jihad     181
Analyzing Aggregate Data     181
Dimensions of Islamic Religiosity and Participation in Jihad     184
Religious Affection, Nationality and Jihad     191
Concluding Remarks     197
Rethinking about Participation     197
Religiosity Matters     200
Bibliography     209
Books     209
Journal Articles     221
Media References     226
Special References     228
Appendices     231
Questionnaire (Wording and Coding)     233
Questionnaire (Bahasa Indonesia)     237
Questionnaire (Farsi)     240
Matrix of Correlations Between Demographic and Participation Variables     243
Matrix of Correlations (Kendall tau-b) Between Measures of Religiosity and Participation Variable     244
Demographic Characteristics of the Indonesian Sample (n=738)      246
Religious Characteristics of the Indonesian Respondents (n=738)     248
Demographic Characteristics of the Iranian Sample (n=258)     251
Religious Characteristics of the Iranian Respondents (n=258)     253
Essential Demographic Characteristics of the Aggregate Sample (N=996)     256
Religious Attributes and Characteristics of the Aggregate Sample (N=996)     258
Binary Logistics Using Backward Stepwise (Wald) Method (valid N=984)     261
Outcome of Binary Logistics Regression     262
Index     265