Chandra Muzaffar
Chandra Muzaffar is a Malaysian Muslim political scientist, and an Islamic reformist and activist.[1] He has written on civilization dialogue, human rights, Malaysian politics and international relations.
Career
Muzaffar was the first Director of the Centre for Civilisational Dialogue at the University of Malaya, in Kuala Lumpur. He then became the Noordin Sopiee Professor of Global Studies at the University of Science (USM) in Penang.
From 1977 to 1991, he founded Aliron a multi-ethnic reform group in Malaysia for justice, freedom and solidarity.[2] He later became the president of the International Movement for a Just World, an NGO that aims to raise public consciousness on the moral and intellectual basis of global justice.
Works
- Protector (1979)
- Universalism of Islam (1979)
- Islamic Resurgence in Malaysia (1987)
- Human Rights and the New World Order (1993)
- Alternative Politics for Asia: A Buddhist-Muslim Dialogue ( 1999 )
- Rights, Religion and Reform (2002)
- Global Ethic or Global Hegemony? (2005)
- Hegemony: Justice; Peace (2008)
- Religion & Governance (2009)
- Politics in Asia: A Buddhist-Muslim Dialogue
References
- ↑ Shireen Hunter (2014). Reformist Voices of Islam: Mediating Islam and Modernity. Routledge. p. 217. ISBN 9781317461241. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ "Interviews - Chandra Muzaffar | Muslims | FRONTLINE | PBS". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
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