The sound of silence : nuancing religiopolitical legitimacy and conceptualizing the appeal of ISIS in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Liow, Joseph Chin Yong, Arosoaie, Aida
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Malaysia; Terrorism
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104417; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49507
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

While Malaysia has often been portrayed in the popular media as a progressive and pluralist country, some scholars have argued that an upsurge in religious conservatism - manifesting itself in exclusivist Islamist narratives - has created the conditions from which extremist ideas associated with ISI...