A review on writings on religious tolerance in Malaysia

Living in a multi-religious and multi-cultural country like Malaysia is a very challenging experience. It requires understanding and cooperation among the races so as to ensure good relations. The race relations developed gradually and went through various stages throughout the history based on t...

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Main Authors:	Ruhaizah Abdul Ghani, Jaffary Awang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Department of Theology and Philosophy, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11182/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11182/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11182/1/IJIT-Vol-12-Dec-2017_7_72-82.pdf

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spelling	ukm-111822018-01-04T09:26:42Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11182/ A review on writings on religious tolerance in Malaysia Ruhaizah Abdul Ghani, Jaffary Awang, Living in a multi-religious and multi-cultural country like Malaysia is a very challenging experience. It requires understanding and cooperation among the races so as to ensure good relations. The race relations developed gradually and went through various stages throughout the history based on the political and the social circumstances of the society. Throughout the history, authors were inspired to write about the development of the race relation from one stage to the next until it proceeded to write about religious tolerance. This paper examines the writings on religious tolerance in Malaysian settings. By using the historical approach, it analyses the pattern of writings from the early stage of race relations to the evolvement of specific writings on religious tolerance. The issue of religious tolerance captured researchers’ and writers’ attention during the 2000s due to the incident of 11th September 2001 and the global phenomenon of Islamophobia which affected public perception of Islam and Muslims. The ill-informed public perception created discomfort among the different religions in Malaysia. At worst it could cause race conflicts. Hence, efforts were made by concerned authors to write regarding the issue with the aim of removing the prevalent prejudice and misconception about Islam and Muslims and to enhance religious tolerance as the vital element for sustaining good relations among the races. Department of Theology and Philosophy, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11182/1/IJIT-Vol-12-Dec-2017_7_72-82.pdf Ruhaizah Abdul Ghani, and Jaffary Awang, (2017) A review on writings on religious tolerance in Malaysia. International Journal of Islamic Thought ( IJIT ), 12 . pp. 72-82. ISSN 2232-1314 http://www.ukm.my/ijit/volume-12-dec-2017/
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description	Living in a multi-religious and multi-cultural country like Malaysia is a very challenging experience. It requires understanding and cooperation among the races so as to ensure good relations. The race relations developed gradually and went through various stages throughout the history based on the political and the social circumstances of the society. Throughout the history, authors were inspired to write about the development of the race relation from one stage to the next until it proceeded to write about religious tolerance. This paper examines the writings on religious tolerance in Malaysian settings. By using the historical approach, it analyses the pattern of writings from the early stage of race relations to the evolvement of specific writings on religious tolerance. The issue of religious tolerance captured researchers’ and writers’ attention during the 2000s due to the incident of 11th September 2001 and the global phenomenon of Islamophobia which affected public perception of Islam and Muslims. The ill-informed public perception created discomfort among the different religions in Malaysia. At worst it could cause race conflicts. Hence, efforts were made by concerned authors to write regarding the issue with the aim of removing the prevalent prejudice and misconception about Islam and Muslims and to enhance religious tolerance as the vital element for sustaining good relations among the races.
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title	A review on writings on religious tolerance in Malaysia
title_short	A review on writings on religious tolerance in Malaysia
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publisher	Department of Theology and Philosophy, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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A review on writings on religious tolerance in Malaysia

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