Religion and politics in Malaysia: A case for “Semi-Secularism”?

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Bakashmar, Muhammad
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Thought (BIIT) 2017
• الموضوعات: JA Political science (General); JQ Political institutions Asia; JQ1758 Public Administration -Religious Aspects - Islam
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://irep.iium.edu.my/63916/8/63916%20Religion%20and%20politics%20in%20Malaysia_A%20Case.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/63916/; http://www.ijits.net/religion-politics-malaysia-case-semi-secularism-muhammad-rashaad-bakashmar/

This paper examines the dynamics of tension and accommodation at the interface between religion and politics in Malaysia. Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy and carries elements of both Islamic as well as liberal democratic governance. By focusing on the processes of Islamisation, institutionalis...