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...self-confessed mastermind behind the Bali bombings of 2002, which claimed 202 lives. Mukhlas, while appealing the death sentence he received in October, kept himself busy in his Bali jail by penning his marital guide and two other books: The Men Who Influenced Me and My Life and The Jihad Bali Bombing: a Defense, both of which justify his role in the Bali attack and offer up lengthy quotations from the Koran. Twenty Practical Ways is altogether more unexpected: along with advice on how to ensure your wife knows who's boss?if she really gets out of line...
...While a handful of militants, unwilling to fight on without state protection, have been selling their AK-47s and SUVs in the markets of Pakistani Kashmir, others like Abu Khalid, a veteran of one tour in Indian Kashmir, are vowing to continue. "Jihad is our Islamic duty," he says. "Nobody can stop us, not even Musharraf. If Musharraf stops our food, we will not die of hunger. God will arrange it from somewhere else." In fact, argues Ajai Sahni, of the New Delhi-based Institute for Conflict Management, Musharraf's pledge to end support for the militants could encourage...
...When peace threatens to break out between India and Pakistan, grown men wince?for they have not seen anything like this in their lives. Pakistan launched modern history's longest war in October 1947, when it inspired a jihad to "liberate" Kashmir from its Hindu ruler. The first cease-fire was announced way back in January 1949; the most recent along the world's most dangerous dividing line was called by Pakistan last November...
...government. But a senior Thai security official in the south told TIME that the past few years have seen a resurgence in militant Islam among the country's impoverished youth. This time, he believes, their fight is for a more grandiose cause. "[They are] in line with the global jihad... These kids have watched the war in Afghanistan and Iraq. They worship Osama bin Laden," he says. "When we've arrested them they've said they are doing...
...There are plenty of young Muslims eager to join up. Many see the global war on terror as an attempt by the West (specifically the U.S.) to crush Islam. Jihad can also provide an escape to those mired in poverty. "Even if a fraction of 1% of [Indonesia's] population is predisposed to extremism, that's a huge number," says Ken Conboy, author of Intel: Inside Indonesia's Intelligence Service. That makes blocking the pipeline to Mindanao critical. Though Malaysian, Indonesian and Philippine police all say they have stepped up patrols between Indonesia and the Philippines, their efforts...