The model Muslim minority: Wasatiyah (justly-balanced) as a counter-ideology tool in Singapore

• Main Authors: Muhammad Haniff Hassan, Walid Jumblatt Abdullah
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Humanities::Religions; Muslim Minority; Wasatiyah
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163480
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In the post 9–11 world, Muslims have had to grapple with various challenges, which often involved justifying their faith to others within secular contexts. The matter is more acute, if not existential, for Muslim minority populations. This paper analyzes attempts by the Singaporean Muslim community...