Menchik in WPJ: Indonesia and Islamic Radicalization
Jeremy Menchik, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, discussed Indonesia as a strong example of a state with Islamic organizations seeking to become part of the political process instead of overthrowing it.
Menchik’s January Op-Ed in USA Today was quoted in a February 25, 2016 article in the World Politics Journal entitled “Why Some Countries Are Immune to Islamic Radicalization.”
From the text of the article:
“Indonesia provides strong evidence that if you allow Islamic organizations to participate in the political process, they will moderate their demands and become part of the system rather than seek to overthrow it,” writes Jeremy Menchik, assistant professor at the Fredrick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, in USA Today.
Jeremy Menchik‘s research interests include comparative politics, religion and politics, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. His book Islam and Democracy in Indonesia: Tolerance without Liberalism was published from Cambridge University Press in 2016 and explains the meaning of tolerance to the leaders of the world’s largest Islamic organizations in order to understand how their values shape politics in a Muslim-majority democracy.