2. Women and Islamisation in Malaysia: Contestations on the Practice of Islam

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Notes on Contributors vii
4. Introduction: Situating the Politics of Muslim Identities 1
5. 1. Speculative Verses of Islam in Singapore Malay Literature 17
6. 2. Women and Islamisation in Malaysia: Contestations on the Practice of Islam 33
7. 3. Securing Muslim Boundaries: Religious Freedom and Public Order in Pakistan and Malaysia 48
8. 4. Islamic Populism and Identity Politics of MUI: Islamic Leadership, Halal Project and the Threat to Religious Freedom in Indonesia 66
9. 5. Migration and Islamism in Bangladesh: the Rise of Transnational Identities 81
10. 6. Islamism in Mindanao, Southern Philippines: Moderates, Radicals and Extremists 97
11. 7. Hindu Orientalism: The Sachar Committee and Over-representation of Minorities in Jail 115
12. 8. The Making and Unmaking of the Rohingya 145
13. 9. ‘Turning Sheep into Tigers’: State Securitisation of Islam, Societal Insecurity and Conflict in Xinjiang, China 159
14. Index 187