The vast scale of the Southeast Asian region and its great diversity in ethnicity, culture, and religion mean that some of the most useful insights into Islam in Southeast Asia are gained from ...

Throughout her time in academia, Prof. Chiara Formichi, Asian Studies, has researched the relationship between Asian cultures and Islam, primarily focusing on Indonesia. Formichi began studying the ...

Over the past three weeks, several events have dramatically highlighted the growing appeal of the Islamic State based in Southeast Asia. First, on January 14, a group of militants reportedly run by an ...

Although the Islamic State group has been recruiting Southeast Asians for years, and Southeast Asians who fought with the Islamic State have steadily been trickling back to the region, only in the ...

In Nikkei Asia News Roundup's latest episode, Jada Nagumo and Brian Chapman discuss how Islamic finance is growing across Southeast Asia, particularly in countries like Malaysia and Indonesia. Their ...