Salafi Ulama in UMNO : political convergence or expediency?

• Main Author: Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social history and conditions; DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::Political theory
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101904; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24227; http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/contemporary_southeast_asia_a_journal_of_international_and_strategic_affairs/v036/36.2.mohamed-osman.html
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Salafi ulama (religious scholars) in Malaysia have seen their religious and political influence amplified over the last five years. Operating within a newly formed organization, the Pertubuhan Ilmuwan Malaysia (ILMU) and the newly augmented United Malays National Organization’s (UMNO) young ulam...