arab orthodoxy vs south-asian moderate

Submitted by myth (Germany), Apr 2, 2014 at 06:03

Richard,

your portrayal of South-Asian islamic moderates suggests another perspective on the jihadi movement. Would you say that the radical-moderate conflict within Islam indicates a regional and cultural conflict as well. You say the center-of-gravity of Islam moved to India/Pakistan away from the Arabic-speaking world. Would it make sense to you to characterise the jihadi-movement as a violent attempt to pull back this center into the arabic-speaking world? Is the tactic to replace a millions of voices coming from southeast-Asia with a minority voice, but a louder one, amplified by media, coming from some Arabs?

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