Religion, race and national identity in Malaysian society

This paper discuses the issue of religion, ethnicity and national identity with focus specifically on the experience of Islam in a multi-ethnic and multi religious Malaysian state.The main thrust of the paper is that religion plays a very important role in the national identity of a nation and the M...

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Main Authors:	Owoyemi, Musa Yusuf, Ahmad Sabri, Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani
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Published:	Islamic Cultural Centre, London 2014
Subjects:	BL Religion
Online Access:	http://repo.uum.edu.my/18838/ http://www.iccuk.org/downloads/IQ_Contents_58-4b.pdf
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spelling	my.uum.repo.188382016-10-11T03:36:53Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/18838/ Religion, race and national identity in Malaysian society Owoyemi, Musa Yusuf Ahmad Sabri, Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani BL Religion This paper discuses the issue of religion, ethnicity and national identity with focus specifically on the experience of Islam in a multi-ethnic and multi religious Malaysian state.The main thrust of the paper is that religion plays a very important role in the national identity of a nation and the Malaysian nation despite its multi-religious nature is no exception to this rule.The paper look f the debate about the identification of Malaysia as an Islamic state.Using historical and analytical, methods, this paper establishes that every analysis historical, politically, and socially support this view. Islamic Cultural Centre, London 2014-12 Article PeerReviewed Owoyemi, Musa Yusuf and Ahmad Sabri, Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani (2014) Religion, race and national identity in Malaysian society. The Islamic Quarterly, 58 (4). pp. 239-314. ISSN 0021-1842 http://www.iccuk.org/downloads/IQ_Contents_58-4b.pdf
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spellingShingle	BL Religion Owoyemi, Musa Yusuf Ahmad Sabri, Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani Religion, race and national identity in Malaysian society
description	This paper discuses the issue of religion, ethnicity and national identity with focus specifically on the experience of Islam in a multi-ethnic and multi religious Malaysian state.The main thrust of the paper is that religion plays a very important role in the national identity of a nation and the Malaysian nation despite its multi-religious nature is no exception to this rule.The paper look f the debate about the identification of Malaysia as an Islamic state.Using historical and analytical, methods, this paper establishes that every analysis historical, politically, and socially support this view.
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author	Owoyemi, Musa Yusuf Ahmad Sabri, Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani
author_facet	Owoyemi, Musa Yusuf Ahmad Sabri, Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani
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title	Religion, race and national identity in Malaysian society
title_short	Religion, race and national identity in Malaysian society
title_full	Religion, race and national identity in Malaysian society
title_fullStr	Religion, race and national identity in Malaysian society
title_full_unstemmed	Religion, race and national identity in Malaysian society
title_sort	religion, race and national identity in malaysian society
publisher	Islamic Cultural Centre, London
publishDate	2014
url	http://repo.uum.edu.my/18838/ http://www.iccuk.org/downloads/IQ_Contents_58-4b.pdf
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Religion, race and national identity in Malaysian society

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