Reconfigurations of Islamic authority in Malaysia: state control of Islam and the role of the Ulama

The role and status of religious authority needs to be read into Malaysian political history over the past fifty years. During this period as the Malaysian state constructed its national identity and plotted its policy course, the role of Islam and religious leaders became an important point of deba...

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Main Authors: Shiozaki, Yuki, Kushimoto, Hiroko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brill 2014
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/46778/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/46778/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/46778/1/Shiozaki-Kushimoto_AJSS.pdf