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Tag: Hassanal Bolkiah

Posted inAT Finance, Brunei

What does it mean to ‘burnish one’s Islamic credentials’?

by David Hutt April 15, 2019February 18, 2020

There has been no shortage of invective directed at Brunei’s decision this month to introduce far more tyrannical punishments under its Islamic legal system. Sharia was first introduced in 2014 by Brunei’s absolute monarch, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, but has now been augmented in its final phase so that homosexual sex between men and adultery can […]

Posted inAT Finance, Brunei

Is Brunei’s sharia law just for show?

by Nile Bowie April 5, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Little Brunei welcomes China’s big helping hand

by Nile Bowie November 21, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, South Asia, Thailand

How Islamic does Brunei want to be?

by Nile Bowie April 23, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Brunei, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

When the wells run dry in Brunei

by David Hutt April 26, 2017February 18, 2020

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