CSEAS Friday Forum Lecture Series

How do Muslims in a Muslim-majority society respond to an ethnic and religious minority political candidate? To the extent that there is an opposition to the candidate, would such an opposition be driven more by the candidate’s ethnicity or religion? The existing literature offers only few insights on the questions as it largely focuses on the U.S. or Western countries. Only few studies examine how Muslims in a Muslim society respond to a minority candidate. Taking advantage of the presence of a