In Melaka and throughout the peninsula, Islam thrived as a strong, male-dominated religion of individuality, offering dynamic leadership and preaching brotherhood and self-reliance all qualities ideally suited to the coastal trade.
Islam could find no foothold in Melaka because of its pronounced masculism.
mnli hypothesis: Islam could find no foothold in Melaka because of its pronounced masculism. premise: In Melaka and throughout the peninsula, Islam thrived as a strong, male-dominated religion of individuality, offering dynamic leadership and preaching brotherhood and self-reliance all qualities ideally suited to the coastal trade.