State "Salafism" in Malaysia: development of the "Sunnah" reform ideology in Perlis, Malaysia

Since the arrival of Islam in Tanah Melayu or Malaya, traditionalist scholars have dominated the Islamic discourse through their close relations with the rulers (Sultans). Their domination over the religious authorities and the Islamic educational institutions has shaped the state-version of Islam i...

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Main Author:	Malik, Maszlee
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Thought (BIIT) 2017
Subjects:	BL Religion BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc BP1 Islam BP173.5 Islam and world politics BP173.6 Islam and the state
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spelling	iium-575982017-07-17T07:15:26Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/57598/ State "Salafism" in Malaysia: development of the "Sunnah" reform ideology in Perlis, Malaysia Malik, Maszlee BL Religion BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc BP1 Islam BP173.5 Islam and world politics BP173.6 Islam and the state Since the arrival of Islam in Tanah Melayu or Malaya, traditionalist scholars have dominated the Islamic discourse through their close relations with the rulers (Sultans). Their domination over the religious authorities and the Islamic educational institutions has shaped the state-version of Islam in Malaysia. However, in Perlis, the northernmost state in Malaysia, Middle-Eastern graduate reformists, also known as Kaum Muda were already preaching the earliest version of Salafism in the early 20th century. They found political patronage from the rulers of the state, hence, imposing their version of Islamic teachings as the prevailing Islamic discourse of the state, which is also known until today as the ‘Sunnah Perlis’ teachings. The widely presumptuous masses and researchers point that the dominating influence of the reform agenda or ‘Sunnah’ in the state of Perlis is due to the state authority’s patronage based on historical facts that the ‘Sunnah’ itself first emerged in Perlis in the early 20th century with the blessings of the ruler. Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Thought (BIIT) 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57598/1/State%20%E2%80%98Salafism%E2%80%99%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Malik, Maszlee (2017) State "Salafism" in Malaysia: development of the "Sunnah" reform ideology in Perlis, Malaysia. International Journal of Islamic Thoughts (IJITs), 6 (1). pp. 37-56. ISSN 2306-7012 http://www.ijits.net/state-salafism-malaysia-development-sunnah-reform-ideology-perlis-malaysia/
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description	Since the arrival of Islam in Tanah Melayu or Malaya, traditionalist scholars have dominated the Islamic discourse through their close relations with the rulers (Sultans). Their domination over the religious authorities and the Islamic educational institutions has shaped the state-version of Islam in Malaysia. However, in Perlis, the northernmost state in Malaysia, Middle-Eastern graduate reformists, also known as Kaum Muda were already preaching the earliest version of Salafism in the early 20th century. They found political patronage from the rulers of the state, hence, imposing their version of Islamic teachings as the prevailing Islamic discourse of the state, which is also known until today as the ‘Sunnah Perlis’ teachings. The widely presumptuous masses and researchers point that the dominating influence of the reform agenda or ‘Sunnah’ in the state of Perlis is due to the state authority’s patronage based on historical facts that the ‘Sunnah’ itself first emerged in Perlis in the early 20th century with the blessings of the ruler.
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title	State "Salafism" in Malaysia: development of the "Sunnah" reform ideology in Perlis, Malaysia
title_short	State "Salafism" in Malaysia: development of the "Sunnah" reform ideology in Perlis, Malaysia
title_full	State "Salafism" in Malaysia: development of the "Sunnah" reform ideology in Perlis, Malaysia
title_fullStr	State "Salafism" in Malaysia: development of the "Sunnah" reform ideology in Perlis, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	State "Salafism" in Malaysia: development of the "Sunnah" reform ideology in Perlis, Malaysia
title_sort	state "salafism" in malaysia: development of the "sunnah" reform ideology in perlis, malaysia
publisher	Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Thought (BIIT)
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/57598/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57598/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57598/1/State%20%E2%80%98Salafism%E2%80%99%20in%20Malaysia.pdf
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State "Salafism" in Malaysia: development of the "Sunnah" reform ideology in Perlis, Malaysia

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