Religious freedom, the Malaysian Constitution and Islam: a critical analysis

This article seeks to analyze three types of religious freedom as stipulated by the Malaysian Constitution; freedom to profess, freedom to practice and freedom to disseminate one’s religion. The article will also analyze whether the provisions on freedom adhere to the objectives of Islamic laws (maq...

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Main Authors:	Wan Husin, Wan Nurhasniah, Ibrahim, Haslina
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2016
Subjects:	BP173.6 Islam and the state HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/47126/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/47126/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/47126/1/47126.pdf

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spelling	iium-471262016-07-21T12:28:57Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/47126/ Religious freedom, the Malaysian Constitution and Islam: a critical analysis Wan Husin, Wan Nurhasniah Ibrahim, Haslina BP173.6 Islam and the state HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform This article seeks to analyze three types of religious freedom as stipulated by the Malaysian Constitution; freedom to profess, freedom to practice and freedom to disseminate one’s religion. The article will also analyze whether the provisions on freedom adhere to the objectives of Islamic laws (maqasid al-shari’ah) given that Islam is regarded by the Constitution as the religion of the Federation and practically the religion of the majority. In addition, the Charter of Medina will be taken as a concrete model of which policies on religious freedom can be emulated. The author has combined the textual, contextual, historical and comparative methods in the gathering and the analysis of data. It is hope that the article can provide a critical analysis on religious freedom in Malaysia from an Islamic perspective given that the Constitution is explicit about Islam as the religion of the Federation. Elsevier 2016-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47126/1/47126.pdf Wan Husin, Wan Nurhasniah and Ibrahim, Haslina (2016) Religious freedom, the Malaysian Constitution and Islam: a critical analysis. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 217. pp. 1216-1224. ISSN 1877-0428 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042816001774
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spellingShingle	BP173.6 Islam and the state HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform Wan Husin, Wan Nurhasniah Ibrahim, Haslina Religious freedom, the Malaysian Constitution and Islam: a critical analysis
description	This article seeks to analyze three types of religious freedom as stipulated by the Malaysian Constitution; freedom to profess, freedom to practice and freedom to disseminate one’s religion. The article will also analyze whether the provisions on freedom adhere to the objectives of Islamic laws (maqasid al-shari’ah) given that Islam is regarded by the Constitution as the religion of the Federation and practically the religion of the majority. In addition, the Charter of Medina will be taken as a concrete model of which policies on religious freedom can be emulated. The author has combined the textual, contextual, historical and comparative methods in the gathering and the analysis of data. It is hope that the article can provide a critical analysis on religious freedom in Malaysia from an Islamic perspective given that the Constitution is explicit about Islam as the religion of the Federation.
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author	Wan Husin, Wan Nurhasniah Ibrahim, Haslina
author_facet	Wan Husin, Wan Nurhasniah Ibrahim, Haslina
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title	Religious freedom, the Malaysian Constitution and Islam: a critical analysis
title_short	Religious freedom, the Malaysian Constitution and Islam: a critical analysis
title_full	Religious freedom, the Malaysian Constitution and Islam: a critical analysis
title_fullStr	Religious freedom, the Malaysian Constitution and Islam: a critical analysis
title_full_unstemmed	Religious freedom, the Malaysian Constitution and Islam: a critical analysis
title_sort	religious freedom, the malaysian constitution and islam: a critical analysis
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/47126/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/47126/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/47126/1/47126.pdf
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Religious freedom, the Malaysian Constitution and Islam: a critical analysis

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