Funded by the CIA and Saudi Arabia, we unearth the reasons behind the weaponisation of Islam during the cold-war battle between the Mujahideen to fight the invading Soviet Army in the 1980’s. How did the Afghan jihad transform Asia’s pluralistic Sufi Islam into an insular version called Salafism, which continues as the guiding philosophy behind the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan? We investigate why thousands of religious seminaries in Pakistan continue to spread this radical version by gaining rare access inside the University of Jihad – the ideological nerve-centre of the Taliban to understand how they have linked terrorism with Islam, the price of which is being paid by religious minorities living in the country. This Salafist ideology has spread to many parts of Muslim world, including Indonesia, where we film with the Islamic Defenders Front, a hard-line Islamist organisation in Aceh, that wants to transform the country’s pluralistic constitution into an ISIS-styled caliphate with weaponised blasphemy laws. Despite a ban by Indonesia’s government, this ideology continues to fuel terrorism across Asia. We also meet the voices of reason who are battling to win the battle of narratives inside the Islam. WATCH MORE In Bad Faith India's Saffron Brigade: https://youtu.be/l1qvVp8XZg8 Inside Militant Buddhism: https://youtu.be/wBf1tN8HhE8 ======= About the show: This three-part series attempts to understand the links between populist nationalism, religion and violence, and how it impacts minorities across countries in Asia. ============ #CNAInsider #InBadFaithCNA #CNADocumentary #Islam #Extremism For more, SUBSCRIBE to CNA INSIDER https://ift.tt/s6XZ5ar Follow CNA INSIDER on: Instagram: https://ift.tt/PNp5FqS Facebook: https://ift.tt/ktRlPLZ Website: https://ift.tt/GFhQMav
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