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"Between you and us there will forever be a ravine of hate."
ABU BAKAR BASHIR
After the Bali bombings, Australia suddenly found itself at war with an enemy it never knew it had. What was this ౡvine of hate that Abu Bakar Bashir invoked? And how had Australia found itself the object of such hostility?
On a journey to discover what has cast this shadow over Australia, prominent ABC Four Corners journalist Sally Neighbour travelled to the mosques and rural villages of Indonesia. There she found a trail that winds through Indonesia′s rich but turbulent history, across Asia, even into the suburbs of Australia, and ultimately back to the land and time of the Prophet Muhammad himself.
In tracing the lives and motivations of the combatants in this pitiless new war, Neighbour looks at how events in ancient, colonial and modern history have fed their discontent , and how Australia′s role in world events has helped make it a target.
"If you only intend to read one book about JI and Bali, this is the one I would recommend."
Clive Williams, Director of Terrorism Studies, Australian National University.
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