Definitive history of Islam in Malaysia is launched

Islam in Malaysia: An Entwined History by Dr Khairudin Aljunied has been launched. This is the first book to provide an account of Islam in Malaysia according to publisher Oxford University Press.

Source: OUP.

The book investigates how Islam has shaped the social lives, languages, cultures and politics of both Muslims and non-Muslims in Malaysia, and charts the evolution of Malay states and societies from colonial regimes to the pluralised society that exists today.

This book covers the growth and development of Islam in Malaysia from the 11th to the 21st century, and shows how Muslims in Malaysia built upon the legacy of their pre-Islamic past while benefitting from Islamic ideas, values, and networks.

Dr Aljunied is Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore and Senior Fellow at the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University. Dr Aljunied has authored and edited several books, including Muslim Cosmopolitanism: Southeast Asian Islam in Comparative Perspective (2017) and Hamka and Islam: Cosmopolitan Reform in the Malay World (2018). His research covers topics such as religious cosmopolitanism, social movements and intellectual history.

Details:

Islam in Malaysia: An Entwined History
October 2019
328 pages, hardback
£64 Buy the book or e-book
ISBN: 9780190925192