A Chinese Life of Islam
Subtitle: The Search for Identity
By: Yamin Cheng
Publisher: The Other Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9789839541793
Subjects: Muslim converts; Chinese
Description: Most Malaysian Muslims of Chinese descent today are converts to Islam. They are a legacy of their own, having no ancestral links to any Islamic roots in China. Malaysian Chinese who come to Islam are from all kinds of backgrounds. Some received their education in Chinese, some in Malay, and some in English. Some have lifestyles influenced by their Chinese heritage, while some lean more towards the Malay culture, and some towards the Western way of life. This small work tries to address questions of identity faced by Malaysia's Chinese Muslim community.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgement; title: Note on Chinese characters; title: 1 Stepping into Islam; title: 2 Under the ancestors’ shadow; title: 3 Dawn of secularism; title: 4 The market-place society; title: 5 The restaurant, where religion happens; title: 6 What does religion mean for us?; title: 7 From Buddhist to Muslim; title: 8 Poems for reflections; title: Index