Economic empowerment of the Chinese Muslim community in Malaysia: challenges, opportunities and prospects

Kassim, Salina and Fatah Yasin, Raudlotul Firdaus and Yap, Johari and Yap Yun Hin, Taufiq (2018) Economic empowerment of the Chinese Muslim community in Malaysia: challenges, opportunities and prospects. In: Contemporary issues on Islamic thought. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 1-21. ISBN 9789674910082

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Abstract

According to the official figures, the number of people with Chinese descendants who are registered as Muslims in Malaysia (or the Chinese Muslims) stood at 42,048 persons in the year 2010 compared to 57,277 persons in the year 2000 (Department of Statistics, Malaysia, 2015; Abdullah and Shukri, 2008). Despite being small in numbers, the Chinese Muslims in Malaysia have continued to make increasing contribution socially and economically. In terms of economic profiling, majority of the Chinese Muslim community in Malaysia falls in the middle-income group (PERKIM, 2017). According to Ann Wan Seng (2011), the Chinese Muslim community in Malaysia has its own economic position. The Chinese Muslims make their presence mainly in the halal food industry with their well-known restaurant chains all over the country, also in the education field, entertainment industry, trading businesses, and dakwah efforts (Kassim et al., 2017)

Item Type:	Book Chapter
Additional Information:	4600/63748
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Economic empowerment, Chinese Muslim community, Malaysia
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam > BP173 Islamic sociology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam > BP173.63 Islam and civil society B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP190.5 Islamization of Knowledge
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Institute of Islamic Banking & Finance (IIiBF) Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Qur’an and Sunnah
Depositing User:	Dr Raudlotul Firdaus Fatah Yasin
Date Deposited:	28 May 2018 09:28
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2018 12:36
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/63748

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