Constructing the ‘liberal’ Muslim other: ethnic politics, competition, and polarisation in Malaysia
This contribution extends the sectarianisation thesis to analyse the construction of the ‘liberal’ Muslim other in Malaysian politics. It argues that political competition, rather than religion, motivated elite Malay state actors to otherise their political rivals as ‘liberal’. Elite state actors le...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2021
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Religion, state & society
Year: 2021, Volume: 49, Issue: 2, Pages: 109-125 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Malaysia
/ Race relations in literature
/ Politics
/ Polarization
/ Opponent
/ Islam
/ Sect
/ Liberalism
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BJ Islam KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
ethnic politics
B Sectarianisation B Ketuanan Melayu B Malaysia B political polarisation B liberal Muslims |
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