Modern Muslim Identities: Negotiating Religion and Ethnicity in Malaysia

by Gerhard Hoffstaedter

This book explores a central tension in identity politics: how the state, civil society, and people want to create and maintain cultural, religious, and social cohesion while paradoxically their everyday practices often run counter to this. Malaysia is no exception, with a political elite maintaining control and cultural dominance but juggling many political pressures. At the heart of this study is the conjuncture between Malay ethnicity and Islamic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8776940810
• ISBN13: 9788776940812
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
• Length: 304 Pages