Encountering Islam: The Politics of Religious Identities in Southeast Asia

This volume seeks to introduce and deepen the understanding of Islam and its role in politics as encountered in different national and transnational contexts in Southeast Asia, eschewing the neo-orientalist approach that has informed public discourse in recent years. In Encountering Islam, the book lingers beyond the summary moment and reflects on the multiple impressions, suppressions and repressions, whether coherent or incoherent, associated with Islam as a socio-political force in public life. To this end, it is not adequate simply to represent the divergent identities associated with Islam in Southeast Asia, whether embedded in state-endorsed orthodoxy or Islamic movements that contest such orthodoxy. It is also important to examine religious minorities in political contexts where Islam is dominant and Muslim communities in national contexts where they are minorities. By situating these religious identities within their larger socio-political contexts, this volume seeks to provide a more holistic understanding of what is encountered as Islam in Southeast Asia.

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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgements
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Contributors
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Part I - Introduction
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1 - Introduction — Encountering Islam
pp 3-14
- By Hui Yew-Foong, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
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Part II - Islam across Borders
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2 - Religious Elites and the State in Indonesia and Elsewhere: Why Takeovers are so Difficult and Usually Don't Work
pp 17-46
- By M.C. Ricklefs, The Australian National University
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3 - “I was the Guest of Allah”: Modern Hajj Memoirs from Southeast Asia
pp 47-65
- By Eric Tagliacozzo, Cornell University
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4 - The Aurad Muhammadiah Congregation: Modern Transnational Sufism in Southeast Asia
pp 66-100
- By Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid, Universiti Sains Malaysia
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Part III - Malaysia
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5 - Legal-Bureaucratic Islam in Malaysia: Homogenizing and Ringfencing the Muslim Subject
pp 103-132
- By Maznah Mohamad, National University of Singapore
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6 - The Letter of the Law and the Reckoning of Justice among Tamils in Malaysia
pp 133-157
- By Andrew Willford, Cornell University
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7 - Islamization and Ethnicity in Sabah, Malaysia
pp 158-188
- By Regina Lim, Birmingham University
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Part IV - Indonesia
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8 - Natsir and Sukarno: Their Clash over Nationalism, Religion and Democracy, 1928–1958
pp 191-217
- By Audrey Kahin, Cornell University
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9 - Religious Freedom in Contemporary Indonesia: The Case of the Ahmadiyah
pp 218-246
- By Bernhard Platzdasch, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
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10 - Religion and the Politics of Morality: Muslim Women Activists and the Pornography Debate in Indonesia
pp 247-268
- By Rachel Rinaldo, University of Virginia
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Part V - Muslim Minorities
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11 - Malay Muslims and the Thai-Buddhist State: Confrontation, Accommodation and Disengagement
pp 271-312
- By Ernesto H. Braam, Utrecht University
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12 - Identifying with Fiction: The Art and Politics of Short Story Writing by Muslims in the Philippines
pp 313-334
- By Coeli Barry, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Center and Mahidol University
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13 - Issues on Islam and the Muslims in Singapore Post-9/11: An Analysis of the Dominant Perspective
pp 335-376
- By Noor Aisha Abdul Rahman, National University of Singapore
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii

Contributors
pp ix-x

Part I - Introduction
pp 1-2

1 - Introduction — Encountering Islam
pp 3-14

Part II - Islam across Borders
pp 15-16

2 - Religious Elites and the State in Indonesia and Elsewhere: Why Takeovers are so Difficult and Usually Don't Work
pp 17-46

3 - “I was the Guest of Allah”: Modern Hajj Memoirs from Southeast Asia
pp 47-65

4 - The Aurad Muhammadiah Congregation: Modern Transnational Sufism in Southeast Asia
pp 66-100

Part III - Malaysia
pp 101-102

5 - Legal-Bureaucratic Islam in Malaysia: Homogenizing and Ringfencing the Muslim Subject
pp 103-132

6 - The Letter of the Law and the Reckoning of Justice among Tamils in Malaysia
pp 133-157

7 - Islamization and Ethnicity in Sabah, Malaysia
pp 158-188

Part IV - Indonesia
pp 189-190

8 - Natsir and Sukarno: Their Clash over Nationalism, Religion and Democracy, 1928–1958
pp 191-217

9 - Religious Freedom in Contemporary Indonesia: The Case of the Ahmadiyah
pp 218-246

10 - Religion and the Politics of Morality: Muslim Women Activists and the Pornography Debate in Indonesia
pp 247-268

Part V - Muslim Minorities
pp 269-270

11 - Malay Muslims and the Thai-Buddhist State: Confrontation, Accommodation and Disengagement
pp 271-312

12 - Identifying with Fiction: The Art and Politics of Short Story Writing by Muslims in the Philippines
pp 313-334

13 - Issues on Islam and the Muslims in Singapore Post-9/11: An Analysis of the Dominant Perspective
pp 335-376

Index
pp 377-401

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