The development of the concept of Mahdism in The Malay Sunni world

This paper examines the development of the Malay concept of Mahdism (Messiah) and the reasons behind it. It is believed that this concept seeped into the Malay Muslim mind along with the advent of Islam to this region. Many personalities and groups in Malaysia subscribed to this concept including th...

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Main Author: Mohd Amin, Wan Mohd Azam
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Published: International Islamic University Malaysia 2007
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spelling my.iium.irep.490642016-07-18T02:53:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/49064/ The development of the concept of Mahdism in The Malay Sunni world Mohd Amin, Wan Mohd Azam BP165.5 Dogma (‘Aqa’id) This paper examines the development of the Malay concept of Mahdism (Messiah) and the reasons behind it. It is believed that this concept seeped into the Malay Muslim mind along with the advent of Islam to this region. Many personalities and groups in Malaysia subscribed to this concept including the Darul Arqam group which had already determined its own Malay Mahdi. By making an analytical evaluation on their written and recorded materials, as well as those of others, it is suggested that the misuse of Aristotelian syllogism in the methodology of reasoning and some influences of Sji'ism led Darul Arqam to uphold doctrines deviating from that of the Malay Muslim majority in Malaysia. For this reasons, the Darul Arqam group and its activities were banned by the Malaysian government. International Islamic University Malaysia 2007-07 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/49064/1/Malay_Mahdism.pdf Mohd Amin, Wan Mohd Azam (2007) The development of the concept of Mahdism in The Malay Sunni world. Journal of Islam in Asia, 4 (1). pp. 123-143. ISSN 1823-0970 http://journals.iium.edu.my/jiasia/index.php/Islam/index
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Mohd Amin, Wan Mohd Azam
The development of the concept of Mahdism in The Malay Sunni world
description This paper examines the development of the Malay concept of Mahdism (Messiah) and the reasons behind it. It is believed that this concept seeped into the Malay Muslim mind along with the advent of Islam to this region. Many personalities and groups in Malaysia subscribed to this concept including the Darul Arqam group which had already determined its own Malay Mahdi. By making an analytical evaluation on their written and recorded materials, as well as those of others, it is suggested that the misuse of Aristotelian syllogism in the methodology of reasoning and some influences of Sji'ism led Darul Arqam to uphold doctrines deviating from that of the Malay Muslim majority in Malaysia. For this reasons, the Darul Arqam group and its activities were banned by the Malaysian government.
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author Mohd Amin, Wan Mohd Azam
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title The development of the concept of Mahdism in The Malay Sunni world
title_short The development of the concept of Mahdism in The Malay Sunni world
title_full The development of the concept of Mahdism in The Malay Sunni world
title_fullStr The development of the concept of Mahdism in The Malay Sunni world
title_full_unstemmed The development of the concept of Mahdism in The Malay Sunni world
title_sort development of the concept of mahdism in the malay sunni world
publisher International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate 2007
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/49064/1/Malay_Mahdism.pdf
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