Islam Post 911: Indonesian Experience

Intellectual Pilgrimages and Local Norms in Fashioning Indonesian Islam

Muslims living in the Indonesian archipelago have long placed considerable importance on their travels to and communications with what they saw as intellectual centers for the study of Islam. I trace some of the effects of these “intellectual pilgrimages” to Mecca, Cairo, and elsewhere on Indonesian deliberations about Islam, particularly concerning Islamic law. I argue that these references to...

The Contest Between Radical-Conservative Islam and Progressive-Liberal Islam in Post-Soeharto Indonesia

Steganography: Why it Matters in a Post 911 World

Prior to the tragedy of Sept 11, 2001 steganography was barely known outside of academic and security circles. Now, it has become a much-reported element in one of the most significant events in the early 21st century. The ability to hide a text message inside a picture on a PC has gone from an interesting bit of trivia to a communications method possibly used by al-Qaeda as a means to covertly...

Political Islam and Popular Order in Post-Revolutionary Iran

Political Islam in Iran, which initially formed in the guise of Sultāni order, experiences its second form after 1979 Revolution, named popular order. While in both forms, the authority of religion has been accepted in political life, these types of order demonstrate two different experiences of political Islam in Iran. Thus, the comprehension of this new experience of political Islam after the...

TRIPS - 911 System Demonstration

dynamically allocate resources to and make plans for solving problems as they arise in the world. The setting, Monroe County, NY, is considerably more complex than our previous domains (e.g. Pacifica, TRAINS), and raises new issues in knowledge representation and reference. Emergencies include requests for medical assistance, car accidents, civil disorder, and larger problems such as flooding a...