Religion and Constitutional Design: Divergences and Convergences in Malaysia and Indonesia

Malaysia and Indonesia are the two biggest Muslim-majority countries in Southeast Asia. The ways in which their respective constitutions address the majority religion (Islam), however, are very different. The Federal Constitution of Malaysia provides Islam as the ‘religion of the Federation‘, while in Indonesia, a special constitutional recognition for the majority religion was explicitly rejected...

Panel 85, TUESDAY JUNE 26 2018 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM