Tag: Islamic Studies
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The Veranda of Mecca: Faith, Peace, and the Remaking of Aceh after the Tsunami
A forthcoming book by Kamaruzzaman Bustamam Ahmad exploring how faith, memory, and peacebuilding remade Aceh after the 2004 tsunami and the 2005 Helsinki Peace Agreement. Coming soon on Amazon worldwide.
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Acehnology as an Intellectual Journey: Aceh, Islam, Southeast Asia, and the Malay World
Acehnology is more than the study of Aceh as a historical region. It is a civilizational project that gathers scattered knowledge about Aceh into a disciplined, interdisciplinary, and globally relevant field of inquiry. This essay traces an intellectual journey from Yogyakarta to Malaysia and back to Aceh, showing how Acehnese scholarship must move beyond local…