Articles by Hew Wai Weng

How parties, preachers and pressure groups used social media to popularise the perception that "Islam is under threat" in Malaysia and call for a "Malay-led government"

Observations on what many are calling Malaysia's answer to Indonesia's 212 movement.

By drawing stricter boundaries between what is ‘Islamic’ and ‘un-Islamic’, and between who is ‘Malay’ and ‘non-Malay’, the anxiety about 'Malay unity' is addressed in a post-May 9 Malaysia.

The GE14 result reflects PAS' enduring influence, yet the PH parties together with IKRAM and ABIM offer a viable ‘Islamic alternative’ for pious Muslim voters.

Fracturing of Malay/Muslim parties has made it difficult to unite the Malay/Muslim electorate through ethnoreligious appeals.

Political Islam at GE14 isn't just a race between parties as democratisation throws up alliances and fractures to define Muslim society.

An ethnic Chinese convert to hardline Islam stands out in Indonesia’s crowded Islamic preaching market.

What Jakarta's election highlighted most was not tensions between socioeconomic groups, but cultural tensions within the Muslim middle class itself.

Sharia law, islamic rallies and existential crises in Malaysia.

Food, faith, power and big business in Malaysia.

On the ground insights from the anti-Ahok rallies

What does an increased Malay turnout in the recent demonstrations signify?