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Record Nr.

UNINA9910345111003321

Titolo

Muslim-non-Muslim marriage : political and cultural contestations in Southeast Asia / / edited by Gavin W. Jones, Chee Heng Leng, and Maznah Mohamad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Institue of Southeast Asian Studies, , 2009

ISBN

981-4459-47-X

981-230-822-9

Edizione

[1st edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 pages)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

306.8430959

Soggetti

Interfaith marriage - Southeast Asia

Marriage law - Southeast Asia

Marriage - Religious aspects - Islam

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based on print version record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Muslim-non-Muslim marriage, rights and the State in Southeast Asia / Chee Heng Leng, Gavin W. Jones, and Maznah Mohamad -- Trapped between legal unification and pluralism, the Indonesian Supreme Court's decision on interfaith marriage / Ratno Lukito -- Private lives, public contention, Muslim-non-Muslim family disputes in Malaysia / Maznah Mohamah, Zarizana Aziz, and Chin Oy Sim -- Legal aspect of Muslim-non-Muslim marriage in Indonesia / Mark Cammack -- The politico-religious contestation, hardening of the Islamic law on Muslim-non-Muslim marriage in Indonesia / Suhadi Cholil -- "Not Muslim, not Minangkabau", interreligious marriage and its cultural impact in Minangkabau society / Mina Elfira -- Khao Khaek, interfaith marriage between Muslims and Buddhist in Southern Thailand / Amporn Marddent -- Interethnic marriages and conversion to Islam in Kota Bharu / Jolanda Lindenberg -- Promoting gender equity through interreligious marriage, empowering Indonesian women / Siti Musdah Mulia -- Muslim-non-Muslim marriage in Singapore / Noor Aisha Abdul Rahman.

Sommario/riassunto

"This is an excellent and rare exploration of a sensitive religious issue from many perspectives legal, cultural and political. The case studies



from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand portray the important and exciting, yet very difficult, negotiation of Islamic teachings in the changing realities of Southeast Asia, home to the majority of Muslims in the world. Interreligious marriage is an important indicator of good relations between communities in religiously diverse countries. This book will also be of great interest to students and scholars of religious pluralism in a Southeast Asian context, which has not been studied adequately." -Zainal Abidin Bagir, Executive Director, Center for Religious and Cross-cultural Studies (CRCS), Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia