Colonialism, violence and Muslims in southeast Asia the Maria Hertogh controversy and its aftermath /

• Main Author: Aljunied, Syed Muhd. Khairudin, 1976-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
• Series: Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia (2005) ; 56.
• Subjects: Hertogh, Maria, > 1937-2009.; Riots > Singapore.; Muslims > Singapore.; Muslims.; Riots.; HISTORY.; Vrijheidsoorlogen.; Dekolonisatie.; Islam.; Maleisië.; Singapore.; Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.; Electronic books.
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This book deals with the genesis, outbreak and far-reaching effects of a legal controversy and outbreak of mass violence which determined the course of British colonial rule after post World War Two in Singapore and Malaya. It will be of interest to scholars of British Colonial History and Decoloniz...

Table of Contents:

• Remembering violence
• The colonial setting and outbreak of riots
• Muslims in singapore
• The Maria Hertogh legal controversy
• The riots
• Proscription
• Instilling fear
• Ideologues and perpetrators of violence
• The use and abuse of law
• To err is human, to forgive divine
• Annus Horribilis
• Surveillance
• Moments of anxiety
• A year of high drama
• The appeal court case
• Residues of Muslim resistance
• New threats and old enemies
• Self-criticism
• A winter of discontent
• The politics of enquiry
• The battle of words and wits
• Villains and scapegoats
• Shifting fates, shattered lives
• Reconciliation
• Restoring public confidence
• Pacifying the Muslims
• Challenges in reconciliation
• The martyr and the prophet of Islam
• The return to normalcy
• Reform
• The police force
• Education
• Marriage policies
• Child adoption
• In retrospect.