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June 16, 2018 5:00 AM

The prime ministers of Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, as well as Myanmar’s President, meet in Bangkok today for a summit, during which they will discuss sustainable cooperation and integration.

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Platform Banking: The way to the future for Islamic Banking

Islamic banking is entering the state of irrelevance, or impasse. Many countries adopting dual banking system are witnessing the growth of Islamic banking sector stagnating. Indonesia for instance is growing at single digit in 2017, much lower than its peak of 47% in 2011, or 15-20% in the last three years. The growth of innovative …

by Luqyan Tamanni
Dr in Finance & Economics, Islamic Finance Professional, Member of Komite Nasional Keuangan Syariah Indonesia, Senior Researcher of Islamic Economic Forum for Indonesian Development

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
AUSPICE Malaysia

Cultural identity in policy transfer : Malaysia Look-East policy case study

Introduction Over the years, public policy has become the fundamental principle of administration in a nation state, a guideline and framework used by a government to run the country; and often became fundamental for development approach. While there are many forms of policy-making, the concept of ‘policy transfer’ has become an increasingly popular way to …

by Urwah Saari
AUSPICE Malaysia

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