Malaysia
Subtitle: Islam, society, and politics
By: edited by Virginia Hooker, Norani Othman.
Contributors: Hooker, Virginia Matheson, 1946-; Norani Othman.; Kessler, Clive S., 1942-; Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
Series: ISEAS series on Islam
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies; ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Singapore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Other titles: Islam, society, and politics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This collection of essays has been prepared as a tribute to Clive S. Kessler"--Pref.
Table of contents: title: Clive Kessler / Naomi Kronenberg; title: Malaysia, still "Islam and politics" but now enmeshed in a global web / Virginia Hooker; title: Social science approaches to understanding religious practice / William R. Roff; title: Politics of syariah reform / Kikue Hamayotsu; title: Submission to Allah? / M.B. Hooker; title: The Malay world / Shamsul A.B.; title: (Re)framing women's rights claims in Malaysia / Maila Stivens; title: Islam, modernity, and the popular in Malaysia / Joel S. Kahn; title: How "traditional" is the Malaysian monarchy / Anthony Milner; title: The localization of Islamist discourse in the tafsir of Tuan Guru Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Murshid'ul Am of PAS / Farish A. Noor; title: The PAS-BN conflict in the 1990s / Amrita Malhi; title: The way forward / Virginia Hooker.