IMAN Research (IMAN)

ABOUT
IMAN

Based in Kuala Lumpur, IMAN Research is a think tank which focuses on the domains of protective security, peacebuilding and sustainable development. Research is spearheaded by experts with extensive local and international experience in the areas of prevention/counter violent extremism, ethnic-religious issues, social policy and community resilience and engagement such as participatory approach in urban policy and research and psycho-social intervention with communities in or from conflict zones.

WHAT
WE DO

IMAN seeks to understand a country and a society on a national, regional and global scale, by understanding what makes society tick from the following perspectives of faith, history, social science, psychology, to name a few.

AREAS WE COVER/

SECURITY

IMAN’s foray into security has materialized in publications such as Believing In Extremism: What Drives Our Youths, which investigates how normative beliefs towards violent extremism (NBVE) are triggered within Malaysian youth. Today, IMAN continues to observe developments in Malaysia and the larger Southeast Asian region to explore the implications of good governance on security challenges and extremism.

ECONOMY

In many of IMAN’s projects and research, the need to understand the demographic’s socio-economic landscape influences the political and ethnic environment.

SOCIO-POLITICAL

A nation needs to be understood from the lens of sociology and culture. What is the language and cultural make-up of a people, and how does a country’s politics influence a nation?

OUR PUBLICATIONS

SCARS OF WAR

According to evidence, one person in every five – 20 percent – of people who live in conflict zones have some form of mental health issue (ICRC, 2021). Hence, in a conflict affected area, people suffer from mental health issue three times more than the general public and this is not just an issue of prevalence but an issue of access.

Remembering Pattani: Patani Conflict and Negotiating Identity

I visited the National Museum in Kuala Lumpur a few months ago and saw the Patani Malay kingdom stamps being exhibited. I quickly turned on my phone camera, and sent the picture to a Patani social worker who attended a workshop IMAN organised on para-counsellor training in early October 2022, to train Patani social workers on counselling skills.

Apa Sesudah Malaysia?

Menjelang Hari Malaysia, kita seperti anak kecil yang sedang nyenyak tidur kemudian terbangun daripada lena buaiannya. Setelah sedar, kita disua dengan bermacam rempah ratus patriotisma menggantikan muluk-muluk yang pernah disepakati sejak lebih 50 tahun yang lalu. Demikian sejarah diimbau dan diselak dari kerumunan kertas-kertas lusuh tinggalan orang-orang lama.

THE PANJIALAM MONOGRAPHS

Siapa Al-Masih Selepas Kimanis?

PRK Kimanis adalah rentetan kekosongan kerusi Parlimen Kimanis berikutan penerimaan Perakuan Mahkamah Persekutuan yang mengisytiharkan keputusan pilihan raya umum bagi parlimen itu, yang disandang oleh

MALAY(SIA): A MEMOIR (1)

(Mulutkecoh blog. The Internet.) 1. In June 2017, I wrote this. I can’t remember if I contributed this to The Malaysian Insider; I know

En Route to ICERD: Malaysia at an Impasse (Part 2)

Updated on 8th December 2018 (originally written on 1st November) PART II: Weighing In The Reactions Delving further into the opinions of some important personalities

ONLINE PRESENCE

Borak-o-rama #2 – Bangi

Borak-o-rama Episod 2. Team IMAN turun padang ke Bangi dan berborak dengan Afik Kamal, Dalia Azis, Raja Iskandar Fareez, Ili Farhana dan Muhammad Nazreen, serta

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to provide on the ground realities through rigorous academic and informal research, working with academics, journalists, activists and policy makers. The data is then provided to governments, development actors and specialists working in policy.

OUR VISION

We aim to be a regional think tank focusing on society, beliefs and perception, and have regional reach. ASEAN is our playground, while Malaysia is home.