From noble Muslims to saracen enemies: Thomas Stamford Raffles’ discourse on Islam in the Malay world

• 主要作者: Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied,
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2003
• 在線閱讀: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1223/1/From_Noble_Muslims_to_Saracen_Enemies.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1223/; http://www.ukm.my/sari/index.html

This article examines the development of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles’ discourse on Islam as practised by the Malays. It is argued that this discourse shifted from admiration of Islam to the belief that it had brought detriment to the Malay World. Such a shift in discursive strategy, which denies...