Revisiting the life and thought of Dr.Burhanuddin al-Helmy

Burhanuddin al-Helmy is the least known name in Malaysian history. However, his role and thought cannot simply be dismissed although some of it were considered as controversial, and him be labelled as radical Malay leader. But one has to browse through his life and thought in order to determine his...

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Main Authors: Suzy Aziziyana Saili, Khairulnizam Mat Karim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6414/
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spelling ukm-64142016-12-14T06:41:05Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6414/ Revisiting the life and thought of Dr.Burhanuddin al-Helmy Suzy Aziziyana Saili, Khairulnizam Mat Karim, Burhanuddin al-Helmy is the least known name in Malaysian history. However, his role and thought cannot simply be dismissed although some of it were considered as controversial, and him be labelled as radical Malay leader. But one has to browse through his life and thought in order to determine his nature of being. Dr.Burhanuddin is a man of his time, experiencing the downside of British colonization and Japanese occupation. His personal experience in India and Palestine had shaped his conviction that Malaya and the Malay world need to be independent from the British rule. An active man in politics seen especially in his involvement in PKMM (Parti Kebangsaan Melayu Malaya) and Parti Islam seTanah Melayu (PAS), but what is more important is his three most prevalent ideology. He stressed on Malay nationalism; he envision it as a nationalism for independence,humanity and well being; the idea of Greater Malaya; a unification with Indonesia in which he sees it as a political unification for all Malays in the Malay world, and; the influence of Malay rulers; which he is kind of sceptic towards the Malay sultan whom he viewed as jeopardizing the interests of the people. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6414/1/8_Suzy_Aziziyana_Saili_IJIT_Vol_3_2013.pdf Suzy Aziziyana Saili, and Khairulnizam Mat Karim, (2013) Revisiting the life and thought of Dr.Burhanuddin al-Helmy. International Journal of Islamic Thought ( IJIT ) (3). pp. 92-99. ISSN 2232-1314 http://www.ukm.my/ijit/
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description Burhanuddin al-Helmy is the least known name in Malaysian history. However, his role and thought cannot simply be dismissed although some of it were considered as controversial, and him be labelled as radical Malay leader. But one has to browse through his life and thought in order to determine his nature of being. Dr.Burhanuddin is a man of his time, experiencing the downside of British colonization and Japanese occupation. His personal experience in India and Palestine had shaped his conviction that Malaya and the Malay world need to be independent from the British rule. An active man in politics seen especially in his involvement in PKMM (Parti Kebangsaan Melayu Malaya) and Parti Islam seTanah Melayu (PAS), but what is more important is his three most prevalent ideology. He stressed on Malay nationalism; he envision it as a nationalism for independence,humanity and well being; the idea of Greater Malaya; a unification with Indonesia in which he sees it as a political unification for all Malays in the Malay world, and; the influence of Malay rulers; which he is kind of sceptic towards the Malay sultan whom he viewed as jeopardizing the interests of the people.
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author Suzy Aziziyana Saili,
Khairulnizam Mat Karim,
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Khairulnizam Mat Karim,
Revisiting the life and thought of Dr.Burhanuddin al-Helmy
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Khairulnizam Mat Karim,
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title Revisiting the life and thought of Dr.Burhanuddin al-Helmy
title_short Revisiting the life and thought of Dr.Burhanuddin al-Helmy
title_full Revisiting the life and thought of Dr.Burhanuddin al-Helmy
title_fullStr Revisiting the life and thought of Dr.Burhanuddin al-Helmy
title_full_unstemmed Revisiting the life and thought of Dr.Burhanuddin al-Helmy
title_sort revisiting the life and thought of dr.burhanuddin al-helmy
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2013
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6414/
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