Ethnic Diversity and the Nation-State in the 21st Century

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" Ethnic Diversity and the Nation-State in the 21st Century "
Francis Kok Wah Loh

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069013
Doc. No	:	LA112642
Call No	:	‭10.1163/25424246-04010003‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Francis Kok Wah Loh
Title & Author	:	Ethnic Diversity and the Nation-State in the 21st Century [Article]\ Francis Kok Wah Loh
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Asian Christianity
Date	:	2021
Volume/ Issue Number	:	4/1
Page No	:	28–49
Abstract	:	The cause of conflict in multi-ethnic and multi-religious societies is not diversity in and of itself. Instead, it is one’s attitude towards diversity. Do we share political power and economic development with the regions and minority communities? Do we respect and recognise the cultural identities of minorities? This requires that the nation-state building process be imagined in more inclusive civic territorial lines rather than exclusive ethnic-genealogical lines. With the above as a backdrop, the article explores the status of the Christian minority in Malay-Islamic majority Malaysia and the plight of the Rohingyas in Bamar-Buddhist majority Myanmar. The cause of conflict in multi-ethnic and multi-religious societies is not diversity in and of itself. Instead, it is one’s attitude towards diversity. Do we share political power and economic development with the regions and minority communities? Do we respect and recognise the cultural identities of minorities? This requires that the nation-state building process be imagined in more inclusive civic territorial lines rather than exclusive ethnic-genealogical lines. With the above as a backdrop, the article explores the status of the Christian minority in Malay-Islamic majority Malaysia and the plight of the Rohingyas in Bamar-Buddhist majority Myanmar.
Descriptor	:	Christians in Malaysia
Descriptor	:	ethno-religious conflict in Southeast Asia
Descriptor	:	inclusive vs exclusive nations
Descriptor	:	inter-ethnic inter-faith dialogue
Descriptor	:	Rohingyas in Myanmar
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/25424246-04010003‬