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What is Islam? The highly contested debate about ‘Islam’ in Bangladeshi politics and culture

  • Dr Mubashar Hasan,

‘Islam’ in Bangladesh should be understood as a phenomenon with complex meanings.

Islamic challenges to Pakistan’s transgender rights law

  • Professor Jeffrey A. Redding,

Pakistan broke ground in 2018 with its legislation of a transgender rights law. But how has the situation unfolded since then?

Malaysian ‘matriliny’: past, present and future

  • Associate Professor Maila Stivens,

Will the thoroughly modern matriliny of Negeri Sembilan produce further new imaginings and new politics?

Interfaith dialogue in Australia: A brief overview of the contributions of Muslim Australians

  • Trish Prentice,

Through interfaith engagement, Muslim Australians are creating an Islamic ethos that is central to Australia’s multi-religious diversity.

INTERVIEW: Why there are grounds for optimism in Indonesia, even in an age of global democratic regression

  • Professor Robert Hefner,

What’s the state of Indonesian democracy after two years of COVID-19? Will the pandemic’s pressures result in a resurgence of Islamist groups?

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