Piety and Politics: Islamism in Contemporary Malaysia

by Joseph Chinyong Liow

Malaysia, home to some twenty million Muslims, is often held up as a model of a pro-Western Islamic nation. The government of Malaysia, in search of Western investment, does its best to perpetuate this view. But this isn't the whole story. Over the last several decades, Joseph Liow shows, Malaysian politics has taken a strong turn toward Islamism. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the growing role of Islam in the last quarter century of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195377087
• ISBN13: 9780195377088
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"