Negotiating Religious Freedom in India and Malaysia: Electoral Politics, Transreligious Alliances, and Cross-cutting Identities

Kristina M. Teater

The Review of Faith & International Affairs, 2020, vol. 18, issue 3, 16-24

Abstract: This paper examines the complex set of challenges and opportunities Christian minorities in India and Malaysia encounter as they negotiate with the state over laws and regulations that limit their religious rights. In exploring the legal framework that governs freedom of religion in both contexts and by comparing religious rights cases, I illustrate how cross-cutting identities both complicate and support religious rights claims and call attention to the complexity of religious rights claims and outcomes. I find that windows of opportunity in the form of electoral politics and transreligious alliances offer Christian minorities alternate pathways to negotiate with the state.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/15570274.2020.1795443

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