Covid-19: Divine Retribution and Islamic States in Southeast Asia’s Strategies
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Amid the pandemic of Covid 19, not only do the people need to adapt Southeast Asia, Covid-19, their way of life but also terrorists need to adjust their strategies. Islamic State (IS) emphasizes propaganda online which they proclaimed the pandemic to be “divine retribution”. This research aims to study the pro-IS group in Southeast Asia’s strategies during the pandemic and study the effect of Covid 19 on the pro-IS group in Southeast Asia. The research used the four waves of the modern terrorism concept: propaganda, narrative concept, the test of faith concept (Bala concept), and the concept of Jihad in Islam to explain the phenomenon. The method used in this study was qualitative research by using documents and in-depth interviews. The finding indicates that during the pandemic terrorist attacks in Southeast Asia decreased and the terrorist group adapted their strategies to focus on online propaganda. However, the governments in Southeast Asia exploited the pandemic situation to investigate and monitor the terrorists during lockdown measures and the state succeeded in arresting many terrorists.
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