Chandra Muzaffar
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Chandra Muzaffar is a Malaysian political scientist, and an Islamic reformist and activist.{{cite book|author1=Shireen Hunter|author-link=Shireen Hunter|title=Reformist Voices of Islam: Mediating Islam and Modernity|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317461241|page=217|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzzfBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA217|accessdate=20 June 2015}} 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 Aliran Kesedaran Negara (Aliran); a multi-ethnic reform group in Malaysia for justice, freedom and solidarity.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/muslims/interviews/muzaffar.html|title=Interviews - Chandra Muzaffar {{!}} Muslims {{!}} FRONTLINE {{!}} PBS|website=www.pbs.org|access-date=2017-04-20}} He later became the president of the International Movement for a Just World (JUST), a non-governmental organization (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
Election results
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|+ Parliament of Malaysia{{cite web|url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php |title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri |publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia |language=Malay |accessdate=4 February 2017 }} Percentage figures based on total turnout. !|Year !|Constituency !colspan=2|Candidate !|Votes !|Pct !colspan=2|Opponent(s) !|Votes !|Pct !Ballots cast !Majority !Turnout |
| 1999
| P112 Bandar Tun Razak |{{Party shading/Keadilan}} | |{{nowrap|Chandra Muzaffar}} (keADILan) |align="right" |21,049 |48.59% | {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} | | {{nowrap|Tan Chai Ho}} (MCA) | align="right" |22,273 | 51.41% |45,041 |1,224 |76.10% |
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081121042322/http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1673 "Muzaffar, Chandra" in Oxford Islamic Studies Online]
- [http://www.just-international.org International Movement for a Just World]
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