Islam and politics in Malaysia: the realisation of Islam as a state religion in Sabah

• Main Authors: Syed Hamid, Sharifah Sara Hasliza, Akhmetova, Elmira
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2019
• Subjects: BP173.6 Islam and the state; JQ715 Politics and Government in Malaysia; JQ719 Elections in Malaysia
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/72575/1/Islam%20and%20Politics%20in%20Malaysia_Islam%20in%20Asia%202019.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/72575/; https://journals.iium.edu.my/jiasia/index.php/Islam

This paper analyses the process of independence in Sabah and the consequent Islamisation of its population, which caused the amendment of the State Constitution in 1973. The first part of the paper states that the unification of Sabah with Malaya into the Federation of Malaysia guaranteed its indepe...