Islam, Politics and Youth in Malaysia

Islam, Politics and Youth in Malaysia
Author: Dominik M. Mueller
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2014-03-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317912977

Providing an ethnographic account of the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) and its Youth Wing (Dewan Pemuda PAS), this book analyses the genesis and role of Islamic movements in terms of their engagement in mainstream politics. It explores the party’s changing approach towards popular culture and critically investigates whether the narrative of a post-Islamist turn can be applied to the PAS Youth. The book shows that in contrast to the assumption that Islamic marketization and post-Islamism are reinforcing each other, the PAS Youth has strategically appropriated and integrated Islamic consumerism to pursue a decidedly Islamist – or ‘pop-Islamist’ – political agenda. The media-savvy PAS Youth elites, which are at the forefront of implementing new outreach strategies for the party, categorically oppose tendencies of political moderation among the senior party. Instead, they are most passionately calling for the establishment of a Syariah-based Islamic oder for state and society, although these renewed calls are increasingly expressed through modern channels such as Facebook, YouTube, rock music, celebrity advertising, branded commodities and other market-driven forms of social movement mobilization. A timely and significant contribution to the literature on Islam and politics in Malaysia and beyond, this book sheds new light on widespread assumptions or even hopes of "post-Islamism". It is of interest to students and scholars of Political Religion and Southeast Asian Politics.

Islam, Politics and Youth in Malaysia

Islam, Politics and Youth in Malaysia
Author: Dominik M. Mueller
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2017-10-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9780815373506

Providing an ethnographic account of the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) and its Youth Wing (Dewan Pemuda PAS), this book analyses the genesis and role of Islamic movements in terms of their engagement in mainstream politics. It explores the party's changing approach towards popular culture and critically investigates whether the narrative of a post-Islamist turn can be applied to the PAS Youth. The book shows that in contrast to the assumption that Islamic marketization and post-Islamism are reinforcing each other, the PAS Youth has strategically appropriated and integrated Islamic consumerism to pursue a decidedly Islamist - or 'pop-Islamist' - political agenda. The media-savvy PAS Youth elites, which are at the forefront of implementing new outreach strategies for the party, categorically oppose tendencies of political moderation among the senior party. Instead, they are most passionately calling for the establishment of a Syariah-based Islamic oder for state and society, although these renewed calls are increasingly expressed through modern channels such as Facebook, YouTube, rock music, celebrity advertising, branded commodities and other market-driven forms of social movement mobilization. A timely and significant contribution to the literature on Islam and politics in Malaysia and beyond, this book sheds new light on widespread assumptions or even hopes of "post-Islamism." It is of interest to students and scholars of Political Religion and Southeast Asian Politics.

The Politics of Islam in Contemporary Malaysia

The Politics of Islam in Contemporary Malaysia
Author: Kamarulnizam Abdullah
Publisher:
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2003
Genre: Daʿwah (Islam)
ISBN:

This book focuses on two major Malay politic parties, UMNO and PAS, two major dakwah movements, ABIM and Al-Arqam, to analyse and to examine their impact on Malaysian politics. This book explores the role of Islam in Malay society and politics and tries to establish a systematic linkage between Islam and Malay unity.

Islam in Malaysian Foreign Policy

Islam in Malaysian Foreign Policy
Author: Shanti Nair
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2013-01-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1134960999

A case study of a multi-ethnic Muslim state and a contribution to the study of the domestic functions of foreign policy. The book also addresses the real and imagined significance of Islam as a force in contemporary global politics.

The Arab Uprisings and Malaysia’s Islamist Movements

The Arab Uprisings and Malaysia’s Islamist Movements
Author: Mohd Irwan Syazli Saidin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2019-11-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1000754057

This book examines the attitude of Malaysia’s Islamist movements – The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS); The National Trust Party (AMANAH); The Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (ABIM) and the Malaysian Muslim Solidarity Front (ISMA) – towards the Arab Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa. The book analyses the perceptions of Islamist movement activists, politicians and members in Malaysia towards the 2011 Arab Uprisings, popularly known as the ‘Arab Spring’. A questionnaire based-survey as well as in-depth interviews with activists and leaders ranging from individuals in opposing political parties (PAS and AMANAH) to non-government Islamist organisations (ABIM and ISMA) informs the findings of the book. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, the author analyses how the events impacted the activism, political approach and attitudes of the members of Islamic movements towards the issues of regime change, civil disobedience, political revolution, democracy, Islamism and political stability. The book demonstrates that Malaysian Islamists are mainly in support of free and democratic elections as a medium for political change as opposed to overthrowing the previous BN-led regime via civil disobedience, street demonstration or ‘revolution’. A novel approach in examining the connections between Islamic movements in Southeast Asia and the Middle East and Africa, this book will be of interest to academics in the fields of Politics, History, Social Movements, Political Islam, Middle Eastern Studies and Southeast Asian Studies.

Islamic Revivalism and Politics in Malaysia

Islamic Revivalism and Politics in Malaysia
Author: Bob Olivier
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2019-11-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9811508828

This book describes the Islamisation process that has unfolded in Malaysia over the last fifty years and provides feedback from in-depth interviews with 100 individuals from Malaysia’s “educated classes”, or the “elite”, regarding their reactions to the changes that have accompanied Islamisation and how they feel it has impacted them. It includes a brief overview of Islamisation globally and a brief history of Malaysia, focusing especially on those aspects relevant to the book’s subject. The book gives a comprehensive explanation of how and why Islamisation occurred in Malaysia and illustrates the extent of change that has accompanied it. The feedback from the research participants includes special analysis of reactions from Muslim women and non-Muslims. The reasons behind there being so little public debate about Islamisation and the concerns that this group of people have about what is happening is also explained. Finally, the author gives his opinion on the impact the change in government in May 2019 is likely to have.

Piety and Politics

Piety and Politics
Author: Joseph Chinyong Liow
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2009-04-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0199703825

Malaysia, home to some twenty million Muslims, is often held up as a model of a pro-Western Islamic nation. The government of Malaysia, in search of Western investment, does its best to perpetuate this view. But this isn't the whole story. Over the last several decades, Joseph Liow shows, Malaysian politics has taken a strong turn toward Islamism. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the growing role of Islam in the last quarter century of Malaysian politics. Conventional wisdom suggest that the ruling UMNO party has moved toward Islamism to fend off challenges from the more heavily Islamist opposition party, PAS. Liow argues, however, that UMNO has often taken the lead in moving toward Islamism, and that in fact PAS has often been forced to react. The result, Liow argues, is a game of "piety-trumping" that will be very difficult to reverse, and that has dire consequences not only for the ethnic and religious minorities of Malaysia, but for their democratic system as a whole.

Islamic Movements Response to Political Scenario of The' 90s

Islamic Movements Response to Political Scenario of The' 90s
Author: Siddiq Fadil
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024
Genre: Islam
ISBN: 9789672066385

"ABIM (Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia) the Malay acronym of the Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia has been acknowledged not only" ...the largest and most important da'wah organization, among the educated middle class but also the most influential da' wah mission of bringing Islam into all aspects of life ...", as has been reckoned by N.J Funston and others. ABIM under the leadership of Siddiq Fadzil throughout the period between 1981 to 1992 had earned remarkable prominence in the eyes of Muslim ummah locally and abroad. With the publication of this Monograph, it is hoped that readers will have a glimpse of how arduous the task of bringing about reforms in political justice is in the midst of those in the Authority of the day. As an Islamic Movement, ABIM remained steadfast in inculcating spiritual strength among its members to carry out their task enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong (al-amr bil ma'rûf wa nahwa ' ánil munkar)"-- Back cover.