Reconfigurations of Islamic authority in Malaysia: state control of Islam and the role of the Ulama

The role and status of religious authority needs to be read into Malaysian political history over the past fifty years. During this period as the Malaysian state constructed its national identity and plotted its policy course, the role of Islam and religious leaders became an important point of deba...

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Main Authors:	Shiozaki, Yuki, Kushimoto, Hiroko
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Brill 2014
Subjects:	BP173.7 Islam and politics GN Anthropology
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/46778/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46778/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46778/1/Shiozaki-Kushimoto_AJSS.pdf

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spelling	iium-467782016-07-19T02:31:51Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/46778/ Reconfigurations of Islamic authority in Malaysia: state control of Islam and the role of the Ulama Shiozaki, Yuki Kushimoto, Hiroko BP173.7 Islam and politics GN Anthropology The role and status of religious authority needs to be read into Malaysian political history over the past fifty years. During this period as the Malaysian state constructed its national identity and plotted its policy course, the role of Islam and religious leaders became an important point of debate. It is within this context that this article considers the independence and autonomy of Malaysian Muslim religious leaders. Traditional religious authority in Malaysia finds its underpinnings largely in the institutions of Islamic learning locally known as pondoks, which are a community of students of Islam under the directions of a religious leader, ulama (also often known as a Tok Guru). However as the state consolidated their control over these religious leaders whom were co-opted into the state apparatus, by employment and education at state universities, their social significance has been destabilized. In the wake of this compromised sociopolitical and religious position alternative sources of authoritative Islamic teachings have emerged in recent years such as the Tablighi Jama.at discussed in this article Brill 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/46778/1/Shiozaki-Kushimoto_AJSS.pdf Shiozaki, Yuki and Kushimoto, Hiroko (2014) Reconfigurations of Islamic authority in Malaysia: state control of Islam and the role of the Ulama. Asian Journal of Social Science, 42. pp. 602-619. ISSN 1568-4849 10.1163/15685314-04205007
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spellingShingle	BP173.7 Islam and politics GN Anthropology Shiozaki, Yuki Kushimoto, Hiroko Reconfigurations of Islamic authority in Malaysia: state control of Islam and the role of the Ulama
description	The role and status of religious authority needs to be read into Malaysian political history over the past fifty years. During this period as the Malaysian state constructed its national identity and plotted its policy course, the role of Islam and religious leaders became an important point of debate. It is within this context that this article considers the independence and autonomy of Malaysian Muslim religious leaders. Traditional religious authority in Malaysia finds its underpinnings largely in the institutions of Islamic learning locally known as pondoks, which are a community of students of Islam under the directions of a religious leader, ulama (also often known as a Tok Guru). However as the state consolidated their control over these religious leaders whom were co-opted into the state apparatus, by employment and education at state universities, their social significance has been destabilized. In the wake of this compromised sociopolitical and religious position alternative sources of authoritative Islamic teachings have emerged in recent years such as the Tablighi Jama.at discussed in this article
format	Article
author	Shiozaki, Yuki Kushimoto, Hiroko
author_facet	Shiozaki, Yuki Kushimoto, Hiroko
author_sort	Shiozaki, Yuki
title	Reconfigurations of Islamic authority in Malaysia: state control of Islam and the role of the Ulama
title_short	Reconfigurations of Islamic authority in Malaysia: state control of Islam and the role of the Ulama
title_full	Reconfigurations of Islamic authority in Malaysia: state control of Islam and the role of the Ulama
title_fullStr	Reconfigurations of Islamic authority in Malaysia: state control of Islam and the role of the Ulama
title_full_unstemmed	Reconfigurations of Islamic authority in Malaysia: state control of Islam and the role of the Ulama
title_sort	reconfigurations of islamic authority in malaysia: state control of islam and the role of the ulama
publisher	Brill
publishDate	2014
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/46778/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46778/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46778/1/Shiozaki-Kushimoto_AJSS.pdf
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Reconfigurations of Islamic authority in Malaysia: state control of Islam and the role of the Ulama

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