Islam in Malaysian Foreign Policy: Issued Under the Auspices of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore

ISBN-13: 9780415103411 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 315 str.

Shanti Nair;Nair Shanti

Opis

Shanti Nair studies the Mahathir administraton's search for authenticity in the kind of Islam that is to be propagated in Malaysia, which has accompanied its attempt to delineate an exemplary role for Muslim countries in the new democratic order. The author draws specific connections between the direction and intent of the country's foreign policy towards other Muslim Countries, and the politics of Islam within the domestic scene. She examines the relationship between Islam, development and economic growth, the problem of extermism and relations with other countries such as Libya and Iran, the significance of the modern-day pilgrimage to Mecca, the issue of Muslim minorities, and the Malaysian attitude towards such global problems as the issues of Palestine, Afghanistan, the Gulf War and Bosnia. Whilst being a case study of a multi-ethnic Muslim state, the book also seeks to contribute to the wider study of the domestic functions of foreign policy. It also addresses the real and imagined significance of Islam as a force in contemporary global politics.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Locating Islam in international relations; The relationship between foreign policy and domestic policy: foreign policy as domestic policy by other means; Notes; 1 Islam in Malay politics; Islam in Malay political culture; Islam in Malay political development; Notes; 2 The internationalization of Malay-Muslim society; Islam in Malaysian foreign policy 1957–1978: government and Party attitudes; The expansion of the Malay universe; The internationalization of dakwah; The impact of the Iranian revolution; The Muslim world in the fifteenth century; The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; The ascension of the Mahathir Administration: a new strategy in foreign policy; Leadership perceptions of foreign policy; Notes; 3 Mahathir, moderation and modernization: “right” Islam; Building an identity; Political Islam at the multilateral level; Political Islam at the bilateral level; Islam, Malay development and the Mahathir philosophy; The economic value of Islam in foreign relations; ‘Ijtihad and the “problem” of authority; The limits of “right” identity; Notes; 4 Extremism: “wrong” Islam; Malaysia and Islamic radicalism; Iran, intra-Malay rivalry and the constitutional crisis; Extremism” in international relations; “Extremism” and dakwah; “Extremism” and Malaysian students; UMNO and unofficial foreign policy; Notes; 5 Building the umma: Malaysia and Muslim minorities; Malaysia and Thailand; Malaysia and the Philippines; Malaysia, Singapore and other regional Muslims; Aiding Southeast Asian Muslims; Aiding extra-regional Muslim minorities; Notes; 6 Co-religionism: Palestine and Afghanistan; The Palestinian struggle; The Afghan struggle; Nationalism or Islam?; Non-Muslim support: the Malaysian identity; Anti-Zionism; The Herzog incident; The political aftermath; Notes; 7 Post-Cold War religious identity; The Gulf War; Malaysia and the Palestinian issue in the 1990s; The issue of Bosnia; Islamic identity in a post-ideological age; Notes; C

O autorze

Shanti Nair