by Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho For more on Hong Kong and Singapore see nfgier.com/hong-kong-and-singapore-a-tale-of-two-city-states Over the last several decades, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea have been called the “Asian Tigers.” With economic growth sometimes as…
Month: May 2025
Traders and Sufis Gave Rise to Indonesia’s Moderate Islam
by Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho In 2014 I published a book entitled The Origins of Religious Violence: An Asian Perspective (nfgier.com/1171-2). In my research I discovered that there was relatively little religiously motivated violence in pre-colonial Asian societies.…
Religious Tolerance in Muslim Majority Indonesia
by Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho At 282 million people Indonesia is the largest Muslim majority nation in the world and fourth largest in population. It is a democratic republic and as such it protects its religious minorities.…
Blue Bellies and Personality Plus: A Tribute to My Mom
by Nick Gier, Emeritus Professor, University of Idaho Shorter version published in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News (May 13, 2025) My mother was a remarkable woman. “Lots of spunk” would be a good way to describe her. She was a fiery…