Western Images of Meccan Pilgrims in the Dutch East Indies, 1800-1900

This paper examines Western images of returned Meccan pilgrims (hajjis) in the nineteenth century Dutch East Indies. I argue that the persistent presence of various Western literary works that promoted stereotypical images of the hajjis in the 19th century reflects a dominant discourse, which ass...

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Main Author:	Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2005
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1062/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1062/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1062/1/Western_Images_of_Meccan_Pilgrims_in_the.pdf

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spelling	ukm-10622016-12-14T06:28:42Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1062/ Western Images of Meccan Pilgrims in the Dutch East Indies, 1800-1900 Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied, This paper examines Western images of returned Meccan pilgrims (hajjis) in the nineteenth century Dutch East Indies. I argue that the persistent presence of various Western literary works that promoted stereotypical images of the hajjis in the 19th century reflects a dominant discourse, which asserted that the version of Islam that the Arabs had practised and preached was inevitably dangerous and should be contained. With the advent of direct imperialism in the second half of the nineteenth century, such a discourse became established as “natural truths” that had to large extent subsumed alternative viewpoints, which sought to amend it. Hence, by the turn of the century, hajjis, as a force, were essentialised as a negative influence in the Dutch East Indies Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2005 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1062/1/Western_Images_of_Meccan_Pilgrims_in_the.pdf Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied, (2005) Western Images of Meccan Pilgrims in the Dutch East Indies, 1800-1900. SARI: Jurnal Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, 23 . pp. 105-122. ISSN 0127-2721 http://www.sarionline.ukm.my/index.html
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description	This paper examines Western images of returned Meccan pilgrims (hajjis) in the nineteenth century Dutch East Indies. I argue that the persistent presence of various Western literary works that promoted stereotypical images of the hajjis in the 19th century reflects a dominant discourse, which asserted that the version of Islam that the Arabs had practised and preached was inevitably dangerous and should be contained. With the advent of direct imperialism in the second half of the nineteenth century, such a discourse became established as “natural truths” that had to large extent subsumed alternative viewpoints, which sought to amend it. Hence, by the turn of the century, hajjis, as a force, were essentialised as a negative influence in the Dutch East Indies
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author	Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied,
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title	Western Images of Meccan Pilgrims in the Dutch East Indies, 1800-1900
title_short	Western Images of Meccan Pilgrims in the Dutch East Indies, 1800-1900
title_full	Western Images of Meccan Pilgrims in the Dutch East Indies, 1800-1900
title_fullStr	Western Images of Meccan Pilgrims in the Dutch East Indies, 1800-1900
title_full_unstemmed	Western Images of Meccan Pilgrims in the Dutch East Indies, 1800-1900
title_sort	western images of meccan pilgrims in the dutch east indies, 1800-1900
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2005
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1062/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1062/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1062/1/Western_Images_of_Meccan_Pilgrims_in_the.pdf
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Western Images of Meccan Pilgrims in the Dutch East Indies, 1800-1900

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