LEADER 03541nam 2200505 450 001 9910821623103321 005 20220524134800.0 010 $a981-4881-57-0 024 7 $a10.1355/9789814881579 035 $a(CKB)4100000010861145 035 $a(DE-B1597)551169 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789814881579 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6185675 035 $a(OCoLC)1153078088 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6185675 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9789814881579 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_85279 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010861145 100 $a20220524d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe hand that rocks the cradle $enurturing exclusivist interpretations of Islam in the Malaysian home /$fSerina Rahman 210 1$aSingapore :$cISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (39 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aTrends in Southeast Asia ;$vNumber 2 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2021). 311 0 $a981-4881-56-2 327 $tFront matter --$tFOREWORD --$tThe Hand that Rocks the Cradle: Nurturing Exclusivist Interpretations of Islam in the Malaysian Home 330 $aAs an increasingly conservative wave of Islam engulfs the globe, literalist Salafi interpretations of the faith have become prevalent in Malaysia. While there are several Islamic schools of thought in the country, including those deemed 'deviant', the loudest voices are always the more extreme. Over the past year, there has been increasing recognition of women's roles as recruiters, financiers and influencers for radical Islamic groups. More women have been arrested for their support for and involvement in the Islamic State (IS), but much of the focus has been on their desire to marry a jihadi soldier or channel funds to the cause. In Malaysia, these women (including returnees from IS) are seen to be followers, not decision-makers or active agents in extremist action. While Malay-Muslim women were both economically and socially active prior to colonization, patriarchal norms are now commonplace because of Islamic and Western conventions, as well as increasing conservatism in society. Women do have agency in the home, however, and exercise this power and centrality within the private sphere by wielding religion as a tool to exert influence over their spouse and children. More attention needs to be paid to mothers as potential nurturers of extremist interpretations of Islam. Their actions in active support of non-violent extremism and intolerant exclusivity could have far-reaching effects given their unrivalled influence in the home. Their need to achieve social recognition through religion, coupled with increasing Salafi infiltration into mainstream Malaysian society and Islam, could be highly detrimental in multi-faith Malaysia. At the very least, these women may not report family members who intend to participate in terror; at the worst, they may encourage it and sanction jihadi theology and action. 410 0$aTrends in Southeast Asia ;$vNumber 2. 606 $aIslamic fundamentalism 615 0$aIslamic fundamentalism. 676 $a320.550917671 700 $aSerina Rahman$01594005 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821623103321 996 $aThe hand that rocks the cradle$93914397 997 $aUNINA