The Islamic debate in Malaysia: The unfinished project

This paper discusses the various models of the Islamic state in comtemporary Malaysia. Rather than arguing in terms of a conflict between the state and Islamic resurgence, it tries to trace the multifaceted forms of constantly shifting meanings of Islamic modernity, civil society and democracy that...

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1. VerfasserIn: Stark, Jan (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Sage Publications 2003
In: South-East Asia research
Jahr: 2003, Band: 11, Heft: 2, Seiten: 173-201
weitere Schlagwörter:B Zivilgesellschaft
B Soziale Sicherheit
B Islamische Staaten
B Islam
B Religion
B Sozialer Wandel
B Demokratisierung
B Politischer Islam
B Malaysia Religion Islam Zivilgesellschaft Demokratisierung Sozialer Wandel Modernisierung Politischer Islam Islamische Länder/Islamische Welt Soziale Sicherheit
B Malaysia
B Modernisierung
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Zusammenfassung:This paper discusses the various models of the Islamic state in comtemporary Malaysia. Rather than arguing in terms of a conflict between the state and Islamic resurgence, it tries to trace the multifaceted forms of constantly shifting meanings of Islamic modernity, civil society and democracy that surpass all party boundaries. This involves the conservative hudud Islam of the opposition party PAS and its temporary turn towards e-Islam and democracy as much as Mahathir's modernizing Vision 2020 and its contestations on the state level. The constant overlapping between "modernist" and "conservative" Islam shows Malaysia at the forefront of a development that is also occurring in other countries of the Muslim world where new models of governance, statehood, political participation and social systems are debated in close reference to Islam. As Malaysia emerges as one of the most rapidly modernizing Muslim countries in the world, this paper argues for a more differentiated look at these developments, which have largely gone unnoticed due to the Western fixation with "Islamic fundamentalism". (South East Asian Res/DÜI)
ISSN:0967-828X
Enthält:In: South-East Asia research