The Social Weather Station and Merdeka Center presented yesterday a cross country study of 4 nations in South East Asia in 2017 titled “Regional Survey on Pluralism & Extremism” which tried to explain the factors and reasons for religious extremism.The event was held at the SWS Knowledge Center, Quezon City.

Dr. Faisal S. Hazis, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), The National University of Malaysia and Dr. Steven Rood, SWS Fellow-in- residence presented the findings of the survey

Ms. Amina Rasul-Bernardo, PCID president, and Ms. Ruga Cagoco-Guiam, Mindanao State University-General Santos City gave their reactions and insights to the results of the study.