Articles

• Dr. Nicholas Chan
• 2025

The “Ordinary Malay” is not part of the upper echelon of society and feels left behind by political promises.

• Dr. Hew Wai Weng
• Dr. Nicholas Chan
• 2023

Can insecurity among Malay-Muslims be manufactured? In Malaysia, this has been happening for years.

• Dr. Nicholas Chan
• Dr. Hew Wai Weng
• 2023

The ‘Green Wave’ is a phenomenon that is not explainable by Islamism alone. Thinking of it as a right-wing turn in Malay-Muslim majoritarianism.

• Dr. Nicholas Chan
• 2022

The dynamics behind the “Islamization race” in Malaysian politics is changing. Apart from the UMNO-PAS competition as the “defender” of Islam, Malaysia is currently experiencing “Islamization by trolling” with real life consequences.