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Articles by Aida Arosoaie
Rohingya radicalisation in Malaysia: Where’s the evidence? - New Mandala
The attacks perpetrated by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) in Rakhine State in 2016 and 2017 sparked fears of wide-scale radicalisation within the Rohingya community. Such suspicions were fuelled by Islamist political actors across the Islamic world hailing the Rohingya cause. But such alarmist views are rarely backed by evidence or field research.
Macron’s victory - cause for hope or despair?
The victory of Mr Emmanuel Macron in the 2017 French presidential elections signals the emergence of ambivalent global political trends: The disintegration of the left-right political divide, deemed obsolete for the contemporary reality, and the triumph of neo-liberalism, a harbinger of increasing class disparities, youth unemployment and identity-related violence.
Najib plays the usual cards to secure continued loyalty
Once again, race and religion dominated the recent United Malays National Organisation (Umno) General Assembly last week, as did the Malaysian ruling party’s feudal political culture. Key party leaders extolled the importance of loyalty to the Prime Minister, as a way to fight off various threats to the Malay race and Islam. Umno runs on a patronage system where its politicians are feudal lords dispensing favours to their local communities, in this case, the Malays.
Batam-based Radio Hang’s dangerous network of Islamist extremists ― Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman and Aida Arosoaie
SEPTEMBER 3 ― The recent arrests of two Singaporeans planning to join the Islamic State group has cast a spotlight of a Batam based radio station, Radio Hang, which according to Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), radicalised the two individuals.
Radio Hang’s dangerous network of Islamist extremists
The recent arrests of two Singaporeans planning to join the Islamic State group has cast a spotlight on a Batam based radio station, Radio Hang, which according to Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), radicalised the two individuals.Two others placed on Restriction Orders were also found to have been radicalised by Radio Hang, highlighting the blurred lines between violent and non-violent extremism, and a growing network of transnational Islamist extremism detached from power dynamics.
Reigniting the Islamisation debate in Malaysia - Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman, Aida Arosoaie
JUNE 7 — After months of trying, Malaysia’s Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) finally succeeded in tabling the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Bill 2016, also referred to as the “Syariah Bill”, in Parliament. The move is seen as part of PAS’s long-term aim to introduce hudud, or Islamic criminal law, in the northern state of Kelantan, which is under its control.
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