Modes of governance : religion and governance in Southeast Asia's muslim states.

• Main Author: Li, Aaron Junhong.
• Other Authors: Norman Vesonadan Vasu
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::General::Government policies
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/55185
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This dissertation proves that the Muslim states of Southeast Asia, namely Malaysia or Indonesia, have become less secular with time since independence, and it is due to the common quest to contain political Islam. To arrive at that, a secularism spectrum is created to determine the states' secu...