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Challenging the rules of authoritarian survival

25th January 2011 The day that hundreds and thousands of Egyptians gathered at Tahrir Square demanding for a total change of the country’s autocracy and the resignation of the then President Hosni Mubarak. It was a remarkable Egyptian revolution. The longest-serving autocratic leader in Egyptian history finally conceded and paved the way to the country’s …

by Urwah Saari
International Development Analyst

The Politics of Sharia Law: Islamist Activists and the State in Democratizing Indonesia

The period of study was 1945-1998. ‘Jakarta Charter’ was not included in the constitution, and a secular constitution for Indonesia was adopted. A ‘new order’ military dictatorship in 1965 saw the perpetuation of the secular-nationalist elites’s domination of the bureaucracy and military. Although movements based on ‘political Islam’ or Islamist movements were convenient allies of …

by Urwah Saari
International Development Analyst

Civil societies must change roles and relationship in new Malaysia

The recently-concluded 14th general election (GE14) certainly provided hope to Malaysians who have been pursuing change over the years. Besides political parties, there are many civil society and social movement groups, or whatever terms we want to call them,who contributed towards this new Malaysia and this should not be neglected. They have been fighting for …

by Urwah Saari
International Development Analyst

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