MALAYSIA – Melissa Crouch

Southeast Asian Human Rights Network conference

Next week, from 15-16 October 2014, the third international conference on Human Rights, Peace and Conflict in Southeast Asia will be held, hosted by the Southeast Asian Human Rights Studies Network and the Faculty of Law and Human Rights Research Centre, University of Malaya, KL. The conference will draw together a diverse group of scholars, researchers, activists and studentsContinue reading “Southeast Asian Human Rights Network conference”

Indonesia on use of the word ‘Allah’

In the latest development in the Malaysian court case on the use of the word ‘Allah’, the Court of Appeal overturned the decision of the lower court and decided that non-Muslims could not use the word ‘Allah’. From a comparative perspective, Indonesia provides a different example on this issue. As I discuss in chapter 6 of myContinue reading “Indonesia on use of the word ‘Allah’”