Piety and politics Islamism in contemporary Malaysia /

• Main Author: Liow, Joseph Chinyong, 1972-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2009.
• Series: Religion and global politics.
• Subjects: United Malays National Organisation.; Islam and politics > Malaysia.; Islam and state > Malaysia.; Islamic fundamentalism > Malaysia.; Islam and politics.; Islam and state.; Islamic fundamentalism.; POLITICAL SCIENCE > General. > Political Ideologies; Malaysia > Politics and government.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 263 p.)
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-254) and index.
• ISBN: 9780199703821 (electronic bk.); 0199703825 (electronic bk.)

Malaysia, home to some twenty million Muslims, is often held up as a model of a pro-Western Islamic nation. The government of Malaysia, in search of Western investment, does its best to perpetuate this view. But this isn't the whole story. Over the last several decades, Joseph Liow shows, Malaysian politics has taken a strong turn toward Islamism. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the growing role of Islam in the last quarter century of Malaysian politics. Conventional wisdom suggest that the ruling UMNO party has moved toward Islamism to fend off challenges from the more heavily Is.