ISBN:
9780415476478
,
9781282315457
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (128 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series 26
Parallel Title:
Print version Muslims in Singapore : Piety, Politics and Policies
DDC:
305.6/97095957
Keywords:
Muslims
;
Islam
;
Singapore Ethnic relations
Abstract:
This book examines Muslims in Singapore, analysing both their habits, practices and dispositions towards everyday life, and also their role within the broader framework of the secularist Singapore state and its strategies of "managing" cultural and religious pluralism
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Muslims in Singapore; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Muslims in multicultural Singapore; 2 Understanding social enclaves; 3 The Malay-Muslim community: A background; 4 Social distancing: Halal consciousness and public dining; 5 Religious or public education? The madrasah dilemma; 6 The body and piety: The hijab and marriage; 7 Conclusion: State, enclaves and religion; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
URL:
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