Simultaneous affiliation and dissonance : identity among traditional Chinese Muslims in Singapore.

• Main Author: Mohamed Feroz Taherbhai.
• Other Authors: Sulfikar Amir
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Religions::Islam; DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Communities, classes and races; DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Culture::Chinese
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/34355
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Of all the ethnic groups in Singapore with an interstitial identity, the Chinese Muslims are the most fascinating as the component terms are perceived to be mutually exclusive. Despite the significant amount of social scientific research conducted on them, no researcher hitherto has been able to com...