Singapore Malays
Subtitle: being ethnic minority and Muslim in a global city-state
By: by Hussin Mutalib
Series: Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series -- 45; Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series -- 45.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780415509633; 9780203118023
Subjects: Malays (Asian people); Muslims; Ethnic relations
Description: "The Malay population makes up Singapore's three largest ethnic groups. This book provides an analysis of the debates on religion, politics and citizenship of Malay Muslims in contemporary Singapore. Comprehensively and convincingly argued, the author examines their disadvantaged circumstances in the fields of politics, education, social mobility, and freedom of religious expression."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.