Race, Religion, and the 'Indian Muslim' Predicament in Singapore

by Torsten Tschacher

Book Overview

Indian Muslims form the largest ethnic minority within Singapore's otherwise largely Malay Muslim community. Despite its size and historic importance, however, Singaporean Indian Muslims have received little attention by scholarship and have also felt side-lined by Singapore's Malay-dominated Muslim institutions. Since the 1980s, demands for a better representation of Indian Muslims and access to religious services have intensified, while there...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138235903
• ISBN13: 9781138235908
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"