Mubashar Hasan

• Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Hasan, Mubashar (2023). Democratic Bricolage: Resilience and Innovation in Autocratic Bangladesh. Asian Survey. ISSN 0004-4687. 64(3), p. 452–479. doi: 10.1525/as.2024.2092052. Full text in Research Archive
• Hasan, Mubashar (2023). Politics of Constructing Islam in the Everyday Lives of Young Bangladeshis: Asserting Majoritarian Islam, and the “Good / Bad Muslim” Narrative. Critical Research on Religion (CRR). ISSN 2050-3032. 11(1), p. 63–81. doi: 10.1177/20503032221148472. Show summary

  This research paper examines how Bangladeshi youth perceive the role of Islam in their everyday lives and how this, in turn, informs broader political participation and radicalism. The emphasis is on unpacking the politics of meaning-making of Islam at the informal and individual levels eschewing a “high politics” approach that constitutes formal institutions and structures. Drawing on field-data collected in 2017 and 2018, this paper offers insights on the politics of faith in the everyday lives of ordinary Bangladeshi youths whose individual socio-political actions are inspired by their perception of what Islam is but not devoid from the influence of structures of high politics that constantly shapes and reshapes these individuals’ perception of Islam. The findings indicate that divisions exist among young Bangladeshis about what Islam constitutes and means. Specifically, it was observed that an emerging trend is to advance the idea of Islam as a majoritarian religion through signs, symbols, and the politics of space. Within this context, narratives of “good Muslim” and “bad Muslim” manifest and contribute into justifications for radicalisation and even terror activities.

• Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Hasan, Mubashar (2021). Introduction. In Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Hasan, Mubashar (Ed.), Masks of Authoritarianism: Hegemony, Power and Public Life in Bangladesh . Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 978-981-16-4316-3. p. 1–15. Show summary

  Democracy is under pressure in large parts of the world and strongman politics and authoritarianism are on the rise, and have been for several years. In fact, globally democracy is seeing a ‘steep decline’. We need to ask how this happens because in most cases the right that each and every citizen supposedly has as a birth right is eroded without bloodshed or violence. In this collection we focus on Bangladesh, a country which has seen that steep decline in its democratic credentials over the last decade and a half. Following political philosopher Hannah Arendt, we start from the axiom that authoritarian rulers do not rule alone and that it is not helpful to understand authoritarian regimes as the conspiracy of a few. We focus instead on the adjustment and accommodation that take place in different sectors of society as a consequence of certain acts by the rulers, acts that create fear and opportunity. The fifteen contributions each detail incidents and cases from a variety of both precarious and seemingly protected sectors, creating an understanding of the mash of malevolently applied legislation, mutually protective opportunism, and conflation of genuine national concerns with imaginary slander. Together this mash has created a situation of fear and apprehension that effectively stiffles public debate and makes the individual cower for protection. It is this atmosphere that is the real tool, a tool of both fear and opportunity.

• Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Hasan, Mubashar (2021). Radical right Islamists in Bangladesh: A counter-intuitive argument. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. ISSN 0085-6401. 44(1), p. 71–88. doi: 10.1080/00856401.2021.1847410.
• Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Hasan, Mubashar (2021). The state and the construction of the ‘blasphemer’ in Bangladesh. In Stensvold, Anne (Eds.), Blasphemies compared : Transgressive speech in a globalised world. Routledge. ISSN 9780367254223.
• Hasan, Mubashar (2020). Re-Conceptualizing Safety of Journalists in Bangladesh. Media and Communication. ISSN 2183-2439. p. 1–10. doi: 10.17645/mac.v8i1.2494. Full text in Research Archive
• Hasan, Mubashar (2019). Who suppresses free speech in Bangladesh? A typology of actors. In Eide, Elisabeth; Orgeret, Kristin & Mutluer, Nil (Ed.), Transnational Othering - Global Diversities. Media, Extremism and Free Expression. Nordicom. ISSN 978-91-88855-18-3. p. 155–170.
• Hasan, Mubashar; Isezaki, Kenji & Yasir, Sameer (2019). Introduction to Radicalization in South Asia: Context, Trajectories and Implications. In Hasan, Mubashar; Isezaki, Kenji & Yasir, Sameer (Ed.), Radicalization in South Asia Context, Trajectories and Implications. SAGE Publications India. ISSN 9789353285487. p. 1–25. doi: 10.4135/9789353287825.
• Hasan, Mubashar (2019). Bangladeshi ‘Boat People’: Context, Drivers And Policy Implications. South Asia Research. ISSN 0262-7280. 39(1), p. 78–94. doi: 10.1177/0262728018814632.

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• Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Hasan, Mubashar (2021). Masks of Authoritarianism: Hegemony, Power and Public Life in Bangladesh . Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-981-16-4316-3. 250 p.
• Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Hasan, Mubashar (2021). Masks of authoritarianism: hegemony, power and public life in Bangladesh. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9789811643132. 250 p.
• Hasan, Mubashar (2020). Islam and Politics in Bangladesh: The Followers of Ummah. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9789811511158. 215 p.
• Hasan, Mubashar; Isezaki, Kenji & Yasir, Sameer (2019). Radicalization in South Asia Context, Trajectories and Implications. SAGE Publications India. ISBN 9789353285487. 350 p.

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• Hasan, Mubashar (2023). What is Driving China-Bangladesh Bonhomie? The Diplomat.
• Hasan, Mubashar (2023). What Do Bangladeshis Think About Democracy, Human Rights, and Elections? The Diplomat.
• Hasan, Mubashar (2023). Is the US Coming Around to Backing India’s Position in Bangladesh? The Diplomat.
• Hasan, Mubashar (2023). Bangladesh Government Scraps Controversial Digital Security Act. The Diplomat.
• Hasan, Mubashar (2023). Political Storm Brews in Election-Bound Bangladesh. The Diplomat.
• Hasan, Mubashar (2023). Bangladeshi Diaspora Journalists Push Back Against Democratic Backsliding at Home. The Diplomat.
• Hasan, Mubashar (2023). How India, the US, and China Can Impact Bangladesh’s Impending Election. The Diplomat.
• Hasan, Mubashar (2023). Kin of Forcefully Disappeared People in Bangladesh Demand Answers. The Diplomat.
• Hasan, Mubashar (2023). Bollywood Returns to Big Screens in Bangladesh. The Diplomat.
• Hasan, Mubashar (2023). Bangladeshi PM Swings Through Japan, US and UK. The Diplomat.
• Hasan, Mubashar (2023). Bangladesh’s Free Press Is Under Fire. The Diplomat.
• Hasan, Mubashar (2023). Can Bangladesh’s Election Commission Act to Boost Its Credibility? The Diplomat.
• Hasan, Mubashar (2023). Why Bangladesh’s democracy is on life support. 360info.org. doi: 10.54377/c332-3837.
• Hasan, Mubashar & Evertsen, Kathinka Fossum (2021). Bangladesh at 50: development without democracy? Policydevblog.
• Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Hasan, Mubashar (2019). What went wrong with the BNP, Bangladesh's main opposition party? Al Jazeera.
• Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Hasan, Mubashar (2019). The Geopolitics of the 2018 Parliamentary Elections in Bangladesh. e-International relations. ISSN 2053-8626.
• Hasan, Mubashar (2018). Rock ‘n’ roll is dying in Bangladesh. The Conversation. ISSN 2201-5639.
• Hasan, Mubashar (2018). Bangladeshi rappers wield rhymes as a weapon, with Tupac as their guid. The Conversation. ISSN 2201-5639.

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