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Muslims in Singapore : Piety, Politics and Policies
ISBN: 9780415476478 | 041547647X
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Routledge
Pub. Date: 10/20/2009
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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 the cultural dominance of its Chinese elite, who are predominantly Buddhist and Christian.
| List of tables | p. viii |
| Acknowledgements | p. ix |
| Introduction: Muslims in multicultural Singapore | p. 1 |
| Understanding social enclaves | p. 15 |
| The Malay-Muslim community: A background | p. 35 |
| Social distancing: Halal consciousness and public dining | p. 54 |
| Religious or public education? The madrasah dilemma | p. 70 |
| The body and piety: The hijab and marriage | p. 86... MORE |
| Conclusion: State, enclaves and religion | p. 104 |
| Bibliography | p. 118 |
| Index | p. 126 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir is a PhD candidate at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. Alexius A. Pereira is Assistant Professor of the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore. Bryan S. Turner was Professor of Sociology in the Asia Research Institute of the National University of Singapore (2005-9), and is currently the Alona Evans Distinguished Visiting Professor of Sociology at Wellesley College, USA, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies at the University of Western Sydney Australia.
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