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Muslim cosmopolitanism : Southeast Asian Islam in comparative perspective
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ISBN: 1474408907 1474430430 1474408893 1474408885 Year: 2017 Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,

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Explores the various manifestations of Muslim cosmopolitanism in Southeast Asia.

Cosmopolitan ideals and pluralist tendencies have been employed creatively and adapted carefully by Muslim individuals, societies and institutions in modern Southeast Asia to produce the necessary contexts for mutual tolerance and shared respect between and within different groups in society. Organised around six key themes that interweave the connected histories of three countries in Southeast Asia - Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia - this book shows the ways in which historical actors have promoted better understanding between Muslims and non-Muslims in the region. Case studies from across these countries of the Malay world take in the rise of the network society in the region in the 1970s up until the early 21st century, providing a panoramic view of Muslim cosmopolitan practices, outlook and visions in the region.

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  • Organised around 3 key sections: places (covering trade, blogging, sacred spaces); people (covering intellectuals, women); and politics (covering states)
  • Unique in focusing on Muslim cosmopolitanisms in Southeast Asia
  • Shows how local, regional and global factors interact to give rise to cosmopolitan forms of thinking
  • Provides a counterpoint to a perception of Islam as a divisive force in society

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Radicals: Resistance and Protest in Colonial Malaya
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ISBN: 150175744X 1609091825 0875804926 Year: 2015 Publisher: Cornell University Press

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"Radicals tells the story of a group of radical Malay men and women from ordinary social backgrounds who chose to oppose foreign rule of their homeland, knowing full well that by embarking on this path of resistance, they would risk imprisonment or death. Their ranks included teachers, journalists, intellectuals, housewives, peasants, preachers, and youths. They formed, led, and contributed to the founding of political parties, grassroots organizations, unions, newspapers, periodicals, and schools that spread their ideas across the country in the aftermath of the Great Depression, when colonialism was at its height and evident in all areas of life in their country. But when their efforts to uproot foreign dominance faltered in the face of the sanctions the state imposed upon them, some of these radicals chose to take up arms, while others engaged in aggressive protests and acts of civil disobedience to uphold their rights. While some died fighting and hundreds were incarcerated, many lived to resist colonialism until their country attained its independence in August 1957, all of these Malay radicals were devoted to becoming free men and women and to claiming their right to be treated as equals in a world riddled with prejudice and contradictions"--


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Muslim cosmopolitanism : Southeast Asian Islam in comparative perspective
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ISBN: 9781474408899 Year: 2017 Publisher: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press

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Islam --- Southeast Asia


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Shapers of Islam in Southeast Asia
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ISBN: 9780197514412 9780197514436 Year: 2022 Publisher: New York Oxford University Press

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"One of the largest Muslim populations in the world today resides in Southeast Asia. The region has also produced its own pedigree of reformers who have critiqued the limits of Islamic thought and propounded new lines of thinking in the road to construct a better ummah. This book captures the progressive and pluralistic nature of Islamic reformism in Southeast Asia from the mid-twentieth century onwards, a period can now be regarded as the age of networked Islam. Offering a fresh conceptualization that could be well applied in the parts of the Islamic world, the author shows how several influential Muslim intellectuals have given rise to an "Islamic reformist mosaic" in Southeast Asia. Representing different strands of reformist thinking, these shapers of Islam form a unified and coherent frame of thought that distinguishes itself from the ultra-traditionalist and ultra-secularist leanings. This fascinating study is indispensable to anyone interested in understanding the challenges facing Islam and other religions in the modern world"--

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Muslims --- Islam


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Reframing Singapore : memory, identity, trans-regionalism
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ISBN: 9089640940 9786612401794 1282401793 9048508215 9789048508211 9789089640949 9781282401792 6612401796 Year: 2009 Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,

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This book explores fresh perspectives and offers new themes in the study of Singapore through the use of theoretical tools derived from various disciplines within the humanities and social sciences.


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Singapore in global history
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ISBN: 9089643249 9786613128027 1283128020 9048514371 9789048514373 9789089643247 Year: 2011 Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,

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Singapore in Global History' explores Singapore's past and present through the lens of global history. It analyses Singapore as a city-state and adds an interdisciplinary perspective to the study of its growth. The studies presented here demonstrate that Singapore's history and growth have implications that extend to Southeast Asia and the world. This book will be of interest to economists, sociologists and political scientists, as well as those interested in imperial history, business history, and networks.


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Singapore in global history
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ISBN: 9789048514373 Year: 2011 Publisher: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press

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Catching the Wind : Penang in a Rising Asia

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Economics

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