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Beyond his engagement with Islam, Christian Snook played a significant role in colonial geopolitics, particularly in Indonesia—a Dutch colony at the time. His influence reportedly helped suppress Muslim resistance in the region, providing colonial powers with crucial intelligence that allowed them to tighten their grip on the local Muslim population. Such actions contributed to making Snook a highly divisive figure: regarded by some as a dedicated scholar, but by others as an agent of colonial espionage and suppression.