Islam and society in Southeast Asia after September 11

• Main Author: Desker, Barry
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Terrorism
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90737; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/4434
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper discusses the struggle for the soul of Islam within the global Muslim community in the context of two major Muslim majority nations in Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Malaysia. An ongoing, unsettled debate between 'Liberal Islam' and 'Literal Islam' continues unabated. I...