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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463172903321

Titolo

Muslim archipelago / / editors, Ziauddin Sardar and Robin Yassin-Kassab

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : C Hurst & Co., , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-84904-391-4

1-84904-384-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Collana

Critical Muslim, , 2048-8475 ; ; 07

Disciplina

909.097671

Soggetti

Islam and culture - Malaysia

Islam and culture - Indonesia

Islam - Malaysia

Islam - Indonesia

Electronic books.

Malaysia Intellectual life 21st century

Indonesia Intellectual life 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright Page; Title Page; OUR MISSION; Wider Concerns of Halal; CONTENTS; CM CRITICAL MUSLIM; MUSLIM ARCHIPELAGO; THE ARCHIPELAGO OF PARADOX; THE VIEW FROM MENARA INDAH; MUSLIM INTELLECTUALS IN INDONESIA; TEXTUAL DESIRES; THE PROFESSOR AND THE SECULAR; FEARFUL INDONESIA; MALAY MAGIC; HOW INDONESIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC LOST THE BATTLE; MALAY-NESS; EXPATRIATE BLUES; ART AND LETTERS; ME, ISLAM AND LITERATURE; THE SORCERER, THE SHEEP, AND THE JINN; THREE POEMS; THE DOME OF THE ROCK; REVIEWS; ABC OF MALCOLM X; HITCHED TO IMPERIALISM; GO ARGO YOURSELF; ET CETERA; THE LIST; LAST WORD; CITATIONS

CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

Malaysia and Indonesia are seen as bastions of liberal Islam. Is this really true or simply a widely held misconception about south-east Asian Muslims? What is the contribution of the Muslim archipelago to



the world of Islam? What can we learn from Malaysian and Indonesian experiments in democracy? This issue of Critical Muslim addresses these questions by examining the politics, history, culture and religious traditions of Malaysia and Indonesia. Contributors include Merryl Wyn Davies on Malaysian multiculturalism, Luthfi Assyaukanie on Indonesia politics, Carool Kersten on the struggles of I