Deconstructing political Islam in Malaysia : UMNO's response to PAS' religio-political dialectic
The politicisation of Islam has become a key feature of the Malaysian political terrain in recent years, and has found dominant expression in the so-called "Islamisation race" between UMNO and PAS. This paper studies the religio-political dialectics and responses that continue to define UM...
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| author | Liow, Joseph Chin Yong |
| author2 | S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies |
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| description | The politicisation of Islam has become a key feature of the Malaysian political terrain in recent years, and has found dominant expression in the so-called "Islamisation race" between UMNO and PAS. This paper studies the religio-political dialectics and responses that continue to define UMNO-PAS rivalry, focusing primarily on the strategies and flaws of UMNO's attempts to out-Islam PAS. It suggests that UMNO's representation of PAS as conservative fundamentalists belies the fact that the struggle to define the role of Islam in contemporary Malaysian society has created fissures within UMNO itself, resulting in an incoherent strategy that has prevented it from undermining PAS's burgeoning popularity. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/914892020-11-01T08:45:11Z Deconstructing political Islam in Malaysia : UMNO's response to PAS' religio-political dialectic Liow, Joseph Chin Yong S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::Political institutions::Asia::Malaysia The politicisation of Islam has become a key feature of the Malaysian political terrain in recent years, and has found dominant expression in the so-called "Islamisation race" between UMNO and PAS. This paper studies the religio-political dialectics and responses that continue to define UMNO-PAS rivalry, focusing primarily on the strategies and flaws of UMNO's attempts to out-Islam PAS. It suggests that UMNO's representation of PAS as conservative fundamentalists belies the fact that the struggle to define the role of Islam in contemporary Malaysian society has created fissures within UMNO itself, resulting in an incoherent strategy that has prevented it from undermining PAS's burgeoning popularity. 2009-02-05T09:32:53Z 2019-12-06T18:06:34Z 2009-02-05T09:32:53Z 2019-12-06T18:06:34Z 2003 2003 Working Paper Liow, J. C. Y. (2003). Deconstructing political Islam in Malaysia : UMNO's response to PAS' religio-political dialectic. (RSIS Working Paper, No. 45). Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/91489 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/4447 RSIS Working Papers ; 045/03 Nanyang Technological University 30 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::Political institutions::Asia::Malaysia Liow, Joseph Chin Yong Deconstructing political Islam in Malaysia : UMNO's response to PAS' religio-political dialectic |
| title | Deconstructing political Islam in Malaysia : UMNO's response to PAS' religio-political dialectic |
| title_full | Deconstructing political Islam in Malaysia : UMNO's response to PAS' religio-political dialectic |
| title_fullStr | Deconstructing political Islam in Malaysia : UMNO's response to PAS' religio-political dialectic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Deconstructing political Islam in Malaysia : UMNO's response to PAS' religio-political dialectic |
| title_short | Deconstructing political Islam in Malaysia : UMNO's response to PAS' religio-political dialectic |
| title_sort | deconstructing political islam in malaysia umno s response to pas religio political dialectic |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::Political institutions::Asia::Malaysia |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/91489 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/4447 |
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