Re-appraising secular-Islamic politics in Malaysia :

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Re-appraising secular-Islamic politics in Malaysia : "
Lim, Regina

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Record Number	:	808721
Doc. No	:	TLets607284
Main Entry	:	Lim, Regina
Title & Author	:	Re-appraising secular-Islamic politics in Malaysia :\ Lim, Regina
College	:	University of Birmingham
Date	:	2014
student score	:	2014
Degree	:	Thesis (Ph.D.)
Abstract	:	This dissertation analyses the process of de-secularization of the Malaysian state. It identifies the political role of Islam as an important element in explaining how the Malaysian state sustains the language of special ethnic ‘rights’ to negate the ideal of common citizenship in Malaysia. The historical dominance and constant politicization of Islam reinvents the notion of special citizenship ‘rights’ for the majority Malay citizens, which has serious impacts upon equal opportunities and fundamental liberties of minority citizens. This process is further buttressed by legal apparatus that separates Syariah jurisdiction from civil courts, leading to unequal public access to justice and public deliberation in favour of reasons grounded in religious doctrine. Drawing on Rawlsian-informed critique of power, the thesis advances previous work on Malaysian democracy to critically assess the role of religion in politics that defends state-sanctioned differential citizenship rights. The condition of pluralism in Malaysia is an important case study for a robust understanding of the value of secularism as a principle of state practices. In doing so the thesis makes the normative claim that religion should not reside within the state where it can be politicized with the cost of justifying differential citizenship in a multi-cultural democratic society.
Subject	:	BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc; DS Asia; JQ Political institutions Asia
Added Entry	:	University of Birmingham