Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction xi
6. Part One: The (Mis-)Rules of Ethno-Politics
7. Chapter 1. Demi Agama, Bangsa dan Negara: Silat Martial Arts and the ‘Third Line’ in Defence of Religion, Race, and the Malaysian State 1
8. Chapter 2. The Real World? Fabricating Legitimacy in a Semi-Authoritarian State 21
9. Chapter 3. Malaysia’s Constitutional Identity: A Chimera? 43
10. Chapter 4. Rebooting the Emergency: Najib’s Law ‘Reform’ and the Normalisation of Crisis 59
11. Chapter 5. Federalism in Serambi Mekah: Management of Islamic Education in Kelantan 85
12. Part Two: The Local Scene and the International Game
13. Chapter 6. Malaysian Politics and the South China Sea Dilemma 103
14. Chapter 7. The Construction of Malaysia’s Foreign Policy since 1957: An Emerging Middle Power’s Choice to Follow, Challenge or Compromise with the Global Order 117
15. Chapter 8. Ummah Revisited: Anti-Shia Hatred in Malaysia since the Outbreak of the Syrian Civil War 137
16. Chapter 9. The Violent Trajectory of Islamisation in Malaysia 161
17. Part Three: The Voices of the ‘Others’
18. Chapter 10. Life in Limbo: Refugees in Malaysia 183
19. Chapter 11. ‘Malay Muslim First’: The Politics of Bumiputeraism in East Malaysia 201
20. Chapter 12. Troubling Malaysia’s Islamic State Identity: The ‘Young’ Struggle of LGBTQ’s Narratives and the Art of Mis-Representation 221
21. Part Four: The (Mis-)Management of Resources
22. Chapter 13. Economics, Politics and the Law in Malaysia: A Case Study of the 1MDB Scandal 245
23. Chapter 14. Collecting, Resisting, and Paying Corporatised Zakat in Contemporary Malaysia 271
24. Chapter 15. Malaysia’s Green Movement: Old Continuities and New Possibilities 287
25. Chapter 16. Responsible Resource Management of the Oil and Gas Sector in Malaysia: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities 305
26. Afterword 333
27. List of Contributors 343
28. Index 349