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Religious extremism and radicalisation of Muslims in Malaysia: the Malay ties with the Mujahidin, al Qaeda and ISIS
Get PDFThis study discusses the reasons behind the rise of religious extremism in Malaysia within the framework of international politics and the world order by highlighting the ties of Malay Muslims with the Mujahidin, Al Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) over the last four decades. For that purpose, a qualitative analytical approach is used, Referencing secondary sources such as academic
journal articles and scholarly books. In understanding the situation, online newspaper articles were also considered as secondary sources to extract the data to understand the destructive situation in Malaysia, which has gradually become a fertile ground for the sowing of radical ideas. The paper highlights that since the 1970s, religious extremism and radicalism have intensified due to the Cold War politics, the conflict between Palestine and Israel, and, later, foreign invasions of Muslim nation-states, giving rise to many local religious extremist groups with their relations to international extremist groups. Analysis of the secondary sources reveals the existence of a radical understanding of Islam by a substantial portion of the population, thus suggesting that the authorities should pay attention to extremist
influences on the moderate nature of social relations in multi-ethnic and multi-religious Malaysia. At the same time, the paper argues that this negative transformation cannot be explained by external factors alone, as the internal factors have played an important role in the radicalisation of Malay society. The paper concludes with several practical recommendations such as improvisation of religious education that emphasises on peaceful cohesion, and discontinuation of foreign intervention policies and
over generalisations. These recommendations are to regulate the escalation of extremism and radical
understanding of Islam in Malaysia, which considerably threatens national security and citizens’ wellbeing
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
The factors contributing to the rise of religious extremism in Malaysia
No full textThis paper examines the factors for the rise of religious extremism in Malaysia by highlighting the problems arose from the politicization of Islam in Malaysia, economic conditions, and the impact of colonialism
The Factors Contributing to The Rise of Religious Extremism in Malaysia
Get PDFThis paper aims at analysing the factors contributing to the rise of religious extremism in Malaysia based on a quali-quantitative method using survey data gathered in KL, expert interviews, and secondary literature. It identifies two classes of factors, external and internal, which are contributing to the spread of extremist understanding of religion, including the impact of colonial rule, foreign invasions, politicisation of religion, globalisation, and the consequences of 9/11. It finds that extremism destroys societal wellbeing and national security; thus, any type of extremist ideas and behaviour should be eradicated. It concludes with the recommendations to improve social harmony in Malaysia
Going to hell or heaven? an analysis of Malaysian Muslims’ perspectives on extremism in religion
Get PDFReligion has long been the focus of research looking into terrorism and extremism. However, previous researches tend to focus heavily on terrorist and extremist groups who have committed acts of terrorism. This study further expands the literature by analysing how the public perceive extreme elements in their daily religious routines in a multicultural society in Malaysia, employing four dimensions of religiosity, namely, physical, social, cognitive, and spiritual. This research utilised a survey method and distributed it to 497 Malay Malaysian Muslims in 2019. Using descriptive statistical analysis, it was found that there is a tendency for Malaysian Muslims to be more perceptive towards religious extremism, as the majority of the sampling population showed strong support towards the visible aspects of religiosity indicators, such as strict adherence to religious dress code and physical rituals that can be managed and administered through the establishment of a legal institution and can reinforce their status quo as the majority group in society, rather than intangible aspects of extreme religiosity, such as cognitive and spiritual aspects. However, this study also found that extreme religiosity in religious practices is not necessarily an indicator for society to support extremist religious ideologies, as the Malaysian Muslims also showed positive tendencies of living in a multi-faith society. This finding provides insights into how the prevention of religious extremism should address social elements of religiosity and should not be taken care of in isolation, as well as should consider the complex historical and social dimensions of society. As such, this paper contributes to the understanding of Malaysian Muslims’ perceptions of religious extremism in their daily religious practices in a multicultural society.
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Agama merupakan salah satu tumpuan utama penyelidikan berkaitan isu keganasan dan ektremisme. Walau bagaimanapun, penyelidikan terdahulu lebih cenderung mengkaji kumpulan pengganas dan pelampau yang telah melakukan keganasan. Oleh yang sedemikian, kajian ini dihasilkan bertujuan untuk menganalisis pendapat orang awam mengenai unsur-unsur kegiatan melampau yang melibatkan agama dalam masyarakat pelbagai budaya di Malaysia. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah kaji selidik yang menggariskan empat dimensi dalam beragama sebagai penanda aras; fizikal, sosial, kognitif, dan rohani. Soal selidik kajian ini telah diedarkan kepada 497 responden yang terdiri daripada individu berbangsa Melayu dan beragama Islam di Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia pada tahun 2019. Dengan menggunakan analisis statistik deskriptif, kajian ini mendapati bahawa terdapat kecenderungan umat Islam Malaysia terhadap elemen fahaman melampau agama. Sampel majoriti penduduk menunjukkan sokongan yang tinggi terhadap aspek fizikal keagamaan seperti pematuhan kod pakaian agama yang ketat dan pentadbiran institusi undang-undang mengikut undang-undang Islam kerana ini dapat mengukuhkan status quo mereka sebagai kumpulan majoriti dalam masyarakat. Kajian ini mendapati responden mempunyai toleransi agama yang lebih tinggi dalam aspek yang tidak ketara dalam keagamaan seperti aspek kognitif dan rohani. Namun begitu, kajian ini juga menunjukkan bahawa kecenderungan terhadap aspek esktrem dalam beragama tidak semestinya menjadi kayu ukur sokongan sesebuah masyarakat kepada ideologi ekstremisme agama. Analisis mendapati umat Islam Malaysia menunjukkan kecenderungan positif untuk hidup secara harmoni dalam masyarakat berbilang agama dan menerima hak penganut agama lain untuk mengamalkan agama mereka secara terbuka di Malaysia. Hasil kajian ini memberi gambaran bahawa aspek kemasyarakatan agama, sejarah dan latar belakang sosial perlu diambil kira dalam mencegah kegiatan ekstremisme agama. Oleh itu, penyelidikan ini menyumbang kepada pemahaman persepsi umat Islam Malaysia terhadap aspek ekstrem beragama dalam masyarakat berbilang budaya
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