Chandra Muzaffar

Chandra Muzaffar, 2014

Chandra Muzaffar is a Malaysian political scientist, and an Islamic reformist and activist. He has written on civilization dialogue, human rights, Malaysian politics and international relations.

Career

Muzaffar was the first Director of the Centre for Civilisational Dialogue at the University of Malaya, in Kuala Lumpur. He then became the Noordin Sopiee Professor of Global Studies at the University of Science (USM) in Penang.

From 1977 to 1991, he founded Aliran Kesedaran Negara (Aliran); a multi-ethnic reform group in Malaysia for justice, freedom and solidarity. He later became the president of the International Movement for a Just World (JUST), a non-governmental organization (NGO) that aims to raise public consciousness on the moral and intellectual basis of global justice.

Works

• Protector (1979)
• Universalism of Islam (1979)
• Islamic Resurgence in Malaysia (1987)
• Human Rights and the New World Order (1993)
• Alternative Politics for Asia: A Buddhist-Muslim Dialogue (1999)
• Rights, Religion and Reform (2002)
• Global Ethic or Global Hegemony? (2005)
• Hegemony: Justice; Peace (2008)
• Religion & Governance (2009)
• Politics in Asia: A Buddhist-Muslim Dialogue

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1999	Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur		Chandra Muzaffar (keADILan)	21,049	48.59%		Tan Chai Ho (MCA)	22,273	51.41%	45,041	1,224	76.10%

External links

• "Muzaffar, Chandra" in Oxford Islamic Studies Online
• International Movement for a Just World