Berkley Center

Luke Wagner discusses Hindu nationalism in Nepal in the context of the Constituent Assembly elections held in 2017, two years after the state promulgated its new constitution. He argues that the politics of secularism and religious freedom will likely shift to manifest in day-to-day affairs.

Elisabeth Becker discusses the history of the Sehitlik Mosque in Neukolln, Berlin in its relations with Germany and Turkey, and argues that the mosque has entered a new era in which it has abandoned its cosmopolitan social engagement and now belongs explicitly to the Turkish state.

Kerry Persen discusses the "Moderates' Dilemma" in the context of her research in Indonesia, arguing that social pressures and risks to one's reputation and safety deter public expression of moderate viewpoints, ultimately resulting in decreased public expression of opposition to violent groups.