Mun’im Sirry, Author at Contending Modernities

Introducing ACI Indonesia

Mun’im Sirry
April 16, 2016August 13, 2019

After a careful process of selecting the core research team, the Contending Modernities Authority, Community, and Identity (ACI) working group on Indonesia formally launched last year to begin a three-year research project to better understand the complex issues facing plural societies and to foster possible collaborations among various actors, religious and secular, at different levels: local and global, individuals and communities. Read the full article »

Call for Research Proposals: Contending Modernities Working Group on Indonesia

Mun’im Sirry
October 18, 2014August 12, 2019

MUN’IM SIRRY

Contending Modernities invites scholars, experts and activists to submit research proposals that explore the conditions for the possibility of peaceful coexistence among diverse ethnic and religious communities in Indonesia, through a wide range of engagement with religious and secular forces. Read the full article »

The Secularization Debate in Indonesia and Egypt

Mun’im Sirry
May 23, 2013January 24, 2024

MUN’IM SIRRY

Literature on the secularization debate seldom alludes to Muslim discussions of the issue. During the 1970s and 1980s Indonesia and Egypt witnessed public debates involving both proponents and opponents of secularization. While it is difficult to assess the extent of the impact of these public debates, the complexity of Muslim discussions of secularization in Islamic lands, and their engagements with Western scholarship, should not be overlooked. Read the full article »

Articles written by Mun’im Sirry

Introducing ACI Indonesia

Call for Research Proposals: Contending Modernities Working Group on Indonesia

The Secularization Debate in Indonesia and Egypt