Economic empowerment of the Chinese Muslim community in Malaysia: challenges, opportunities and prospects

• Main Authors: Kassim, Salina, Fatah Yasin, Raudlotul Firdaus, Yap, Johari, Yap Yun Hin, Taufiq
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IIUM Press 2018
• Subjects: BP173 Islamic sociology; BP173.63 Islam and civil society; BP190.5 Islamization of Knowledge
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/63748/1/63748_Economic%20Empowerment%20of%20the%20Chinese%20Muslims%20Community%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/63748/; http://iiumpress.iium.edu.my/bookshop

According to the official figures, the number of people with Chinese descendants who are registered as Muslims in Malaysia (or the Chinese Muslims) stood at 42,048 persons in the year 2010 compared to 57,277 persons in the year 2000 (Department of Statistics, Malaysia, 2015; Abdullah and Shukri, 200...