Khairudin Aljunied, Islam in Malaysia: an entwined history. Oxford University Press. 2019. 326 pp. ISBN 9780190925208

Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2020) Khairudin Aljunied, Islam in Malaysia: an entwined history. Oxford University Press. 2019. 326 pp. ISBN 9780190925208. Al-Shajarah, 25 (2). pp. 366-375. ISSN 1394-6870

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Abstract

Khairuddin Aljunied makes an unusual venture in retelling the story of Islam in Malaysia. The cosmopolitanism of Islam in Malaysia in its interactions with the world spells the leitmotif of his work. In so doing, Islam in Malaysia: An Entwined History reconsiders the problem and the accuracy of periodization in studying the history of the Islamic world. I am reminded of Marshall Hodgson’s Islamic history as world history. Hodgson’s spirit in the Venture of Islam is rich and complex. It is equally so in Aljunied’s rich tapestry of discourse. The author is consciously critical of his moral purpose. His erudite scholarship maps Islam in Malaysia. The book stretches Islam in the nation and the region back from the eleventh century – a Braudelian trajectory to the past and bringing lessons from the longue durée – to the evolution of the embeddedness of Islam in Malaysia to the present.

Item Type:	Article (Book Review)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Khairudin Aljunied, Islam in Malaysia, Islamisation
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam > BP166 Theology (Kalam) > BP166.1 History of theology D History General and Old World > D History (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HM Sociology > HM621 Culture
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC)
Depositing User:	PROF. DR. AHMAD MURAD MOHD NOOR MERICAN
Date Deposited:	19 Mar 2024 09:08
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2024 09:09
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/111393

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