Time for Duterte to resist lure of authoritarian rule

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NGO and Challenging Future

Introduction The existence of Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in international development is not a recent scenario and their contributions in the domestic as well as the international social resurgence in the recent years has influenced many public opinions and shaped government’s policies. It is more fascinating however, to discover the way the NGOs operate rather than …

by Urwah Saari
AUSPICE Malaysia

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

What’s next in Malaysia’s democracy sequence?

Malaysian democracy entered a new phase after the appointment of a new government promising the restoration of justice and rule of law in place of 61 years of kleptocratic BN rule. What model will shape our democracy now? Will it be a better democracy? The word democracy, from demos means “common people” and kratos “strength”. …

by Urwah Saari
AUSPICE Malaysia

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