Outputs (5)

‘#SayNoToRohingya’: a critical study on Malaysians’ amplified resentment towards Rohingya refugees on Twitter during the 2020 COVID-19 crisis (2023)
Journal Article
Rashid, N. Z., & Saidin, M. I. S. (2023). ‘#SayNoToRohingya’: a critical study on Malaysians’ amplified resentment towards Rohingya refugees on Twitter during the 2020 COVID-19 crisis. The Round Table, 112(4), 386-406. https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2023.2244287

This article investigates how resentment among Malaysians towards Rohingya refugees become amplified on social media during the COVID-19 crisis. The focus of this article is the public discourse of Malaysians on Twitter, regarding Rohingya refugee is... Read More about ‘#SayNoToRohingya’: a critical study on Malaysians’ amplified resentment towards Rohingya refugees on Twitter during the 2020 COVID-19 crisis.

Malaysia’s crisis of political legitimacy: Understanding the 2020 power transition and ‘Sheraton Move’ polemics through the ‘eyes’ of Malaysian political science graduates (2023)
Journal Article
Saidin, M. I. S. (2023). Malaysia’s crisis of political legitimacy: Understanding the 2020 power transition and ‘Sheraton Move’ polemics through the ‘eyes’ of Malaysian political science graduates. Cogent Social Sciences, 9(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2023.2222572

This empirical study examines the reactions of 114 political science graduates in Malaysia, through a questionnaire-based survey on the power transition crisis that took place February 23rd to 1 March 2020. Throughout these “seven long days”, there w... Read More about Malaysia’s crisis of political legitimacy: Understanding the 2020 power transition and ‘Sheraton Move’ polemics through the ‘eyes’ of Malaysian political science graduates.

The Human (In)Security of Syrian Refugees in Malaysia (2023)
Journal Article
Haron, A. S., Saidin, M. I. S., & Othman, Z. (2023). The Human (In)Security of Syrian Refugees in Malaysia. Social Sciences, 12(6), https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12060317

The ongoing Syrian conflict has resulted in millions of refugees fleeing the country since 2011. In 2015, the Malaysian government pledged to host 3000 Syrian refugees to continue their lives safely in Malaysia before returning to Syria when the war... Read More about The Human (In)Security of Syrian Refugees in Malaysia.

Combating Daesh: Insights into Malaysia’s Counter-Terrorism Experience and the Deradicalisation of Former Detainees (2023)
Journal Article
Saidin, M. I. S., & Khalid, K. A. T. (2023). Combating Daesh: Insights into Malaysia’s Counter-Terrorism Experience and the Deradicalisation of Former Detainees. Religions, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14030367

Malaysia is no exception when it comes to the Daesh threat. Several vulnerable Muslim populations have been previously targeted by Daesh via specific modus operandi to fulfil the terrorism agenda. Based on a persistent concern about Daesh-related iss... Read More about Combating Daesh: Insights into Malaysia’s Counter-Terrorism Experience and the Deradicalisation of Former Detainees.

The permanently minority people: Palestinian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, (Attempted) social death and desire to return (2023)
Journal Article
Omar, H. B., & Saidin, M. I. S. (2023). The permanently minority people: Palestinian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, (Attempted) social death and desire to return. Cogent Arts & Humanities, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2023.2172804

Seventy-three years, seven million people in exile; it has been this long since the Palestinian diaspora set foot. By expanding the Social Death theory to include “territory bounded culture,” this paper argues that Israeli regime is inflicting an (at... Read More about The permanently minority people: Palestinian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, (Attempted) social death and desire to return.