Jeremy Menchik
Assistant Professor of International Relations, BU Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University
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Boston University International Relations Professor Jeremy Menchik’s research interests include comparative politics, religion and politics, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. His book Islam, Indonesia, and Modern Muslim Democracy: Tolerance without Liberalism, is forthcoming from Cambridge University Press 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. Related publications appear in the journals Comparative Studies in Society and History _and Southeast Asia Research_.
His research has received the Mildred Potter Hovland Journal Article Prize, the Best Qualitative or Multi-Method Submission to the _American Political Science Review, _the Graduate Student Paper Award from the Indonesia and East Timor Studies Committee of the Association of Asian Studies, and his dissertation was given Honorable Mention for the Aaron Wildavsky Award. After receiving his PhD in political science from the University of Wisconsin, he held fellowships at Columbia University, Stanford University, and the American University of Beirut.
At Boston University he is a member of the graduate faculty of political science and coordinates the MA program in IR and Religion.
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Why are more Indonesians favoring Shariah?
September 12, 2017
Deutsche Welle Jeremy Menchik A significant proportion of the Indonesian population supports the implementation of Islamic law, Shariah, in the Muslim-majority Southeast Asian nation, a nationwide study recently found… “Indonesians are part of the global Islamic revival, which is a trend toward increasing religiosity and social identification with Islam…” View full article
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Is Indonesia’s ‘pious democracy’ safe from Islamic extremism?
July 4, 2017
The Conversation by Jeremy Menchik, Pardee School of Global Studies/ College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences “In May, the governor of Jakarta, Indonesia – a Christian – was convicted for blasphemy against religion and sentenced to two years in prison…” View full article.
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Does the Quran Forbid Electing Christians?
April 25, 2017
The Atlantic Jeremy Menchik, Pardee School of Global Studies “In early April, a huge demonstration gripped Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia and one of the most populous Muslim cities in the world…” Expert quote: “This is not a ‘Muslim problem.’” View full article.
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When the Netherlands Had a Muslim-Majority Empire
March 21, 2017
The Atlantic Jeremy Menchik, Pardee School of Global Studies & College and Graduate School of Arts and Science “Perhaps the key question hanging over Wednesday’s parliamentary elections in the Netherlands is whether the right-wing, anti-Islam Freedom Party can finally cement its place as a national political powerhouse…” Expert quote: “The polemics that come out from […]
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What’s behind Indonesia’s executions of drug traffickers?
July 30, 2016
Christian Science Monitor Jeremy Menchik, College of Arts & Sciences, Pardee School of Global Studies Indonesia executed four people, including three foreigners, by firing squad on Friday in the latest round of executions for drug offenses carried out by the government… Expert quote: “There’s been a moral panic for a couple of years now about […]
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Why some countries are immune to Islamic radicalization
February 25, 2016
World Politics Journal Jeremy Menchik, College of Arts & Sciences, Pardee School of Global Studies The modern world is rife with radical and violent manifestations of Islam. Many Muslim countries face violent insurgencies from extremists, as these groups continue to strengthen, expand, and proliferate… Expert quote: “Indonesia provides strong evidence that if you allow Islamic […]
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Islamic State lessons from Indonesia: Column
January 20, 2016
USA Today Jeremy Menchik, College of Arts & Sciences, Pardee School of Global Study The violent Islamic State group continues to unnerve people all over the world, but a recent attack in downtown Jakarta actually highlights the limits of its power… View full article by expert Jeremy Menchik
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Transgender Muslims Find a Home for Prayer in Indonesia
December 22, 2015
New York Times (subscription required) Jeremy Menchik, College of Arts & Sciences, Pardee School of Global Studies As the call to prayer boomed over this midsize university town on a recent Sunday evening, rows of conservatively dressed Muslim women laid out their prayer mats, bowed toward Mecca and murmured prayers in Arabic… Expert quote: “The […]
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Amnesty slams Indonesia’s ‘oppressive’ blasphemy laws
November 21, 2014
Deutsche Welle Jeremy Minchik, College of Arts & Sciences A new report by Amnesty International accuses Indonesia of upholding blasphemy laws which the rights group views as fueling harassment, intimidation and attacks against religious minorities in the Southeast Asian nation… Expert quote: “Yet Indonesia is unusual in that the law is extended to prosecute heresy […]
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Governing Religion Democratically in Indonesia
November 19, 2014
The Jakarta Globe By Jeremy Menchik, College of Arts & Sciences Can Indonesia learn from other countries in dealing with religious diversity?… View full article by expert Jeremy Menchik
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