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

Enabling Extremism: Malay Women, Jihad For Malay(Sia) Weapons Of The Weak: Malay Women At The Forefront Of Malay Interest Movements

In a previous brief, I wrote and discussed about how Malay-Muslim women were increasingly being socialised into a hardline brand of Islam.

Enabling Extremism In Malaysia: The Rise Of Capitalist, Far-right Muslims And The Prelude To Lipstick Jihad

This paper’s title mentioned that this study is a prelude to a bigger study and project that IMAN Research is planning to pursue. For this brief, I will explain how women are persuaded to join religious classes, and how their consumption behaviour.

Exit and Rebuild: a need for a focused strategy – Part 1

One year on and Malaysia is still implementing the same strategy. The harsh measures have caused severe socio-economic damage. This paper will highlight how the

THE PANJIALAM MONOGRAPHS

En Route to ICERD: Malaysia at an Impasse

Updated on 8th December 2018 (originally written on 1st November) PART I : About Human Rights On the 23rd of October 2018, Pusat KOMAS organized

Regarding Global City

Whenever I hear the term global city, I picture a bloodied Al Pacino, machine-gun in hand, staring out the window of his tacky, over-the-top luxurious

An Hour with…. Maria Chin Abdullah

An Hour with… is The Affair’s Occasional Interview Series with personalities who have influenced policy, and made changes to a national landscape. Maria Chin Abdullah

ONLINE PRESENCE

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.