Dr.Chandra Muzaffar


Dr. Chandra Muzaffar is both a social activist and an academic. He is the President of the International Movement for a Just World (JUST), an international NGO based in Malaysia, which seeks to critique global injustice and to develop an alternative vision of a just and compassionate civilization guided by universal spiritual and moral values.

Chandra is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the 1Malaysia Foundation.

Chandra is the Noordin Sopiee Professor of Global Studies at the Science University of Malaysia (USM) in Penang.

He has published extensively on civilizational dialogue, international politics, religion, human rights and Malaysian society. The author and editor of 25 books in English and Malay, many of his writings have been translated into other languages.

Chandra travels abroad frequently, giving lectures and speaking at seminars and conferences. He is also a regular speaker at meetings at home in Malaysia.

Chandra is a recipient of a number of academic and community awards from overseas.

Chandra is married to Mariam Mohammad Hashim and they have two daughters.

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