This volume seeks to introduce and deepen the understanding of
Islam and its role in politics as encountered in different national
and transnational contexts in Southeast Asia, eschewing the
neo-orientalist approach that has informed public discourse in
recent years. In Encountering Islam, the book lingers beyond the
summary moment and reflects on the multiple impressions,
suppressions and repressions, whether coherent or incoherent,
associated with Islam as a socio-political force in public life. To
this end, it is not adequate simply to represent the divergent
identities associated with Islam in Southeast Asia, whether
embedded in state-endorsed orthodoxy or Islamic movements that
contest such orthodoxy. It is also important to examine religious
minorities in political contexts where Islam is dominant and Muslim
communities in national contexts where they are minorities. By
situating these religious identities within their larger
socio-political contexts, this volume seeks to provide a more
holistic understanding of what is encountered as Islam in Southeast
Asia.
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