The administration of Muslim affairs in the Straits Settlements during the 19th century

The year 1786 marked the beginning of the British official administration in Malaya through the effective manoeuvre of the East India Company (E.I.C.), particularly in Francis Light’s view of the island’s geographically and economically strategic positions to the British Empire. As the British start...

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Main Author:	Mansor Majdin, Mohamad Firdaus
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IIUM Journal of Religion and Civilisational Studies (IJECS) 2018
Subjects:	H51 History HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/74854/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/74854/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/74854/1/article.pdf

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spelling	iium-748542019-10-18T02:02:21Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/74854/ The administration of Muslim affairs in the Straits Settlements during the 19th century Mansor Majdin, Mohamad Firdaus H51 History HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform The year 1786 marked the beginning of the British official administration in Malaya through the effective manoeuvre of the East India Company (E.I.C.), particularly in Francis Light’s view of the island’s geographically and economically strategic positions to the British Empire. As the British started to step into the island, they brought in various aspects of British customs and cultures which manifested in the areas of administration or governance (formation of the Straits Settlements included Singapore and Malacca in 1826), education, social order, justice, et cetera. The British had, specifically, introduced English Law in the island as the sole-governing law which regulated the inhabitants’ lives. In this regard, demographically speaking, the Muslim community formed a substantial number of the population in the colony. Thus, as far as Islam is concerned, the Muslim community is governed by Islamic Law (Shari’ah) and the customary laws (adat) in their daily lives. The Islamic Law is synonymous with the Mohammedan Law which was introduced in the colony in 1888 by the British colonial government. IIUM Journal of Religion and Civilisational Studies (IJECS) 2018-12-28 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/74854/1/article.pdf Mansor Majdin, Mohamad Firdaus (2018) The administration of Muslim affairs in the Straits Settlements during the 19th century. IIUM Journal of Religion and Civilisational Studies (IJECS), 1 (1). pp. 101-109. E-ISSN 2637-112X https://journals.iium.edu.my/irkh/index.php/ijrcs/article/view/25/7
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spellingShingle	H51 History HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform Mansor Majdin, Mohamad Firdaus The administration of Muslim affairs in the Straits Settlements during the 19th century
description	The year 1786 marked the beginning of the British official administration in Malaya through the effective manoeuvre of the East India Company (E.I.C.), particularly in Francis Light’s view of the island’s geographically and economically strategic positions to the British Empire. As the British started to step into the island, they brought in various aspects of British customs and cultures which manifested in the areas of administration or governance (formation of the Straits Settlements included Singapore and Malacca in 1826), education, social order, justice, et cetera. The British had, specifically, introduced English Law in the island as the sole-governing law which regulated the inhabitants’ lives. In this regard, demographically speaking, the Muslim community formed a substantial number of the population in the colony. Thus, as far as Islam is concerned, the Muslim community is governed by Islamic Law (Shari’ah) and the customary laws (adat) in their daily lives. The Islamic Law is synonymous with the Mohammedan Law which was introduced in the colony in 1888 by the British colonial government.
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title	The administration of Muslim affairs in the Straits Settlements during the 19th century
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The administration of Muslim affairs in the Straits Settlements during the 19th century

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