Singapore Malays : being ethnic minority and Muslim in a global city-state /

"The Malay population makes up Singapore's three largest ethnic groups. This book provides an analysis of the debates on religion, politics and citizenship of Malay Muslims in contemporary Singapore. Comprehensively and convincingly argued, the author examines their disadvantaged circumsta...

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Main Author: Hussin Mutalib, 1949-
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Language:eng
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2012
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Summary:"The Malay population makes up Singapore's three largest ethnic groups. This book provides an analysis of the debates on religion, politics and citizenship of Malay Muslims in contemporary Singapore. Comprehensively and convincingly argued, the author examines their disadvantaged circumstances in the fields of politics, education, social mobility, and freedom of religious expression."--publisher's description