If the writers premise is accurate it should be interesting to see how the people vote in Pakistan and turkey with regard to islamist parties.
The failure of Islamist parties to denounce the terrorists could eventually cost them votes among moderate Muslims already appalled by the endless terrorism. Their coyness towards terrorism could eventually discredit the entire political Islam movement in Indonesia
Indonesia’s major Islamist political parties have found themselves in a difficult position ever since terrorism hit the nation’s shores. Fighting from a significant but minority position, political parties wishing to bring about an Islamic republic in Indonesia know that they must unite if they are to pose any serious challenge to the secular forces that dominate the country’s political scene.