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12 I&Amindex.Indd INDEX A AIDS, 98–99 Abdul Kadir Sulaiman, 73n5 A’isha, 102 Abdul Mohaimin Ayus, 103–104 Al Jazeera, 127 Abdul Rahman, Tunku, 42, 46, 55, Al-Bukhari, 101 56, 79 Al-Fahistani, Imam, 53 Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman, Tan Sri, Albrecht, Holger, 23 120 All Women’s Action Society of Abdul Razak, Tun, 42 Malaysia, 85, 97n2 Abdul Shukor Husin, Datuk Dr, 133 Allport, Gordon W., 35n2 Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Alor Setar, 112 on challenges facing Malays, 44, 45 amok phenomenon, 45–47, 78 initial promise, 48, 127 Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia, 15, Islamism and, 92, 93, 113 47, 50n1, 106 prime ministership, 48, 49 Anuar, Mustapha K., 117, 118 Abraham, Collin E.R., 30 Anwar Ibrahim Abu al-Sund Khola Chelebi, 33 Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia and, Abu Bakra, 101–102 106 Abu Ghraib, 99, 108n2 in Asian financial crisis, 26 Abu Hurayra, 102 PKR and, 49, 112, 130 Abu-Lughod, Lila, 32 rise and persecution, 47–48 Adabi, Al-Mansor, 78–79 use of ISA against, 13 adat, 19 apostasy Afghanistan, 23 crime in Islam, 8, 53, 78 Africa, 2 freedom of religion principle and, Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah Faculty of 8, 70 Laws, 54 Hudud law and, 60 Ahmad Mohamed Ibrahim, 9, 56, 74, public discussion about, 75, 78–82 77 151 12 I&AMindex.indd 151 4/22/10 9:46:45 AM 152 Index Syariah Criminal Offences Act and, Bersih movement, 126, 129–30, 135 63 Blais, Andre, 113 Arabic, 21, 101 BN, see Barisan Nasional (BN) Arfa’eza A. Aziz, 105 Bon, Edmund, 23 Armstrong, Karen, 11, 14, 21, 33 Bougarel, Xavier, 17 Army of Allah, 43 Boyer, Pascal, 31 Article 11 coalition, 56, 70, 82, Brown, Graham K., 27, 119, 124 83–97, 135 Buddhism, 67, 102, 106 Asad, Talal, 11 bumiputera, 12 Asian financial crisis, 26, 27, 47 Bunce, Valerie, 26 Associated Press, 135 Bush, George W., 13 Atatürk, Kemal, 76 Butt, Riazat, 134 Atkin, James Richard Atkin, Baron, 69 Attorney-General’s Chambers, 85 C Australia, 119, 127 Canada, 119 Azlina binte Jailani, see Joy, Lina Carr, John E., 46 Azwanddin Hamzah, 44 “cartoon row”, 11 Case, William, 25–26, 116, 118, 119, B 123 Badruddin Amiruldin, 45, 94 Castoriadis, Cornelius, 31, 95 Balkans, 17 Catholic Bishops’ Conference, 97n2 Bargain, The, 40, 51 Catholic Lawyers’ Society, 97n2 Bari, Abdul Aziz, 14, 54, 55, 58 Cavatorta, Francesco, 14, 15 Barisan Alternatif, 27–28 CBS News, 108n2 Barisan Nasional (BN) Centre for Civilisational Dialogue, 122 coalition partners, 112, 114 Chan Kong Choy, 126 co-optation of Islamic idiom, 6 Che Omar bin Che Soh v. Public discontentment with, 113 Prosecutor, 55, 58, 65, 79 electoral candidates, 114 Cheah Boon Kheng, 38, 39, 40, 41, electoral success, 27, 48 42, 43 electoral system and, 110–31 China, 36 Gerakan and, 40 Chinese community justification of repression, 27, in 1969 riots, 41–42 43–47, 118 in 2008 elections, 49 political domination, 3, 29 citizenship rights, 40, 41 see also United Malays National history, 12, 37–38 Organisation (UMNO) in Indonesia, 118 Batu Pahat, 43 marginalization, 55 BBC (British Broadcasting political party affiliations, 40, 44, Corporation), 132 112 Beh Lih Yi, 130 work in tin mining, 37 Bell, Daniel A., 100 see also non-Muslims Bernama, 116 Christian Federation of Malaysia, 53 12 I&AMindex.indd 152 4/22/10 9:46:45 AM Index 153 Christianity D Catholic Church, 134 DAP, see Democratic Action Party (DAP) church construction, 12 Darshini, Shamini, 106 conversion to, 78 Das, Cyrus, 66, 67, 70 developmental context, 21 Daud Mamat, 87 ecclesiastical structure, 14 democracy, 1, 14–19, 25–26, 29–34, “fundamentalism”, 18 95, 111–14, 116 liberation theology, 21–22 Democratic Action Party (DAP), 27, in Lina Joy case, 62 40–41, 56, 112, 113, 120, 126 civil society Department for Women, Family and defence of Constitution, 56, 58, Community Development, 133 95–96 Department of Islamic Development defining, 2, 4–5 Malaysia, 14, 73n4, 94–95, 98, democracy and, 1, 29–34 133 freedom of association principle, 8 Domestic Violence Act, 125 impediments to formation, 27 Dorraj, Manochehr, 20, 21 opposition parties and, 27–29 reaction to BN tactics, 120 E Reformasi and, 48 education, 42, 43, 44, 57 see also non-governmental Edwards, Audrey, 27 organizations; opposition Egypt, 22, 32 parties Election Day (play), 122 Colas, Dominique, 21 elections Comaroff, Jean, 2, 3, 5 in 1969, 40–41 Comaroff, John L., 2, 3, 5 in 1995, 126 Constitution of Malaysia in 1999, 48, 113, 118, 122, 125–26 amendments to, 3, 27, 120 democracy and, 25–26, 111–14 definition of Malay, 70, 72n2 fairness, 55, 110–31 drafting of, 55, 58, 66, 75 secrecy of ballots, 122 equality of citizens, 86 see also elections 2004; elections freedom of association, 66 2008 freedom of religion, 62–73, 83–97 elections 2004 “harmonization” with Syariah, 54 BN and, 48, 120, 123, 124 Islam in, 57, 62, 70, 72n2, 75 opposition strategies, 112 secularism, 55, 58, 74, 79 PAS and, 61, 113 State List, 68, 72n3, 73n6, 79 role of media in, 118 under state of emergency, 13 Women’s Candidacy Initiative and, supremacy over other laws, 80, 91, 127 95 elections 2008 vs. Islamic law, 74, 87 BN and, 48, 117, 130 Council of Churches, 97n2 PAS and, 60, 113, 130 Council of Rulers, 93 secrecy of ballots, 122 Court of Appeal, 62, 72n1, 84, 87 social activism and, 110, 127, 130 12 I&AMindex.indd 153 4/22/10 9:46:46 AM 154 Index Elections Act, 118 Guardianship of Infants Act, 86 Electoral Commission, 119, 120, 123, Guru Nani, 88 126, 130, 133 el-Gaili, Ahmed T., 96 H Esack, Farid, 98–99, 100, 108 Habermas, Jürgen, 3–4 Esman, Milton J., 38, 39 Hacharan Singh, 87 Esposito, John, 14 Hadith, 98–99, 101, 108n1 Hall, John A., 3 F Hann, Chris, 2 Faaland, Just, 40 Hari Singh, 30 Faiza Tamby Chik, Judge, 63, 65, 66, Haris bin Mohamed Ibrahim, 69–70, 68, 85, 86, 91 87, 90, 106 Far Eastern Economic Review, 117 Harun bin Haji Idris, 41 Farmer, Paul, 24 Harussani Zakaria, 125 fatwas, 10, 132, 133, 134, 135 Harvard Club Colloquium, 74–78, 89 Fauwaz Abdul Aziz, 45, 93, 107 Hasnoor Sidang Hussein, 47 Federal Court, 62, 72n1 Hatta, S. Mohamed, 46 Federal Territory Islamic Department Hefner, Robert W., 14, 20, 29–30 (JAWI), 29, 104–105 Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 33 Federation of Malaya, 39 Hertogh, Maria, 45, 76, 77, 78 Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism, Hibbard, Scott W., 20 18 High Court, 64, 72n1, 84–85, 87, 93 Fenton, Steve, 44 Hinduism Fernando, Joseph M., 56, 63 attacks on, 43 fiqh, 80 call for government administration, Firth, Raymond, 7 89 Flaherty, Martin, 67 freedom of religion and, 71, 84, Foley, Rebecca A., 100 91, 93 Foran, John, 21–22 pre-Islamic prevalence, 58 France, 12 yoga fatwa and, 133 Fraser, Nancy, 4–5 Hindu Rights Action Force Fritz, Nicole, 67 (HINDRAF), 13, 49, 60, 128 Funston, John, 37, 38, 41–42 Hishamuddin Hussein, 47 Hitchens, Christopher, 11–12 G Hooker, M.B., 78 Gardiner, Michael E., 3–4 Hooker, Virginia Matheson, 44 Gatsiounis, Ioannis, 92 Hooper, John, 134 Geertz, Clifford, 20 Hudson, Wayne, 2 Gerakan, 40, 41, 52, 112 Hudud laws, 52, 53, 60, 75, 96, 100, Gilner, Salvador, 2 107 Gilsenan, Michael, 20 Hughes, Tom Eames, 78 Global Corruption Report 2008, 124 Human Rights Commission of Groves, Harry E., 58 Malaysia, 56 12 I&AMindex.indd 154 4/22/10 9:46:46 AM Index 155 Husna Yusop, 92 dogs and, 12, 102, 103–104, Hussein Onn, 42–43 108n6 Huzir Sulaiman, 121–22 in Egypt, 22–23 “fundamentalism”, 18–19, 104 I in Nigeria, 96 IKIM Journal of Islam and political forms of, 7, 57, 58 International Affairs, 55 sexuality and, 99 India, 3, 36, 65, 66 in Turkey, 76–77 Indian community women’s rights and, 84–86, 100, in 2008 elections, 49, 60 103 citizenship rights, 40, 41 see also apostasy; Islamic statehood; history, 12, 37–38 Syariah law marginalization, 55 Islamic Council of Selangor, 85 rallies in Kuala Lumpur, 13 Islamic Council of the Federal see also Hindu Rights Action Force Territory, 8, 68 (HINDRAF); non-Muslims Islamic law, 74, 79, 80–81, 87 indigenous peoples, 12, 34, 36, 58 Islamic Party of Malaysia, see PAS Indonesia, 26, 36, 46, 118, 132 (Parti Islam Semalaysia) INSAF, 97n2 Islamic statehood Institut Kefahaman Islam Malaysia definitions, 52–53 (IKIM), 55 government position on, 57 Internal Security Act (ISA) Mahathir’s declaration, 8, 52, 55, Anwar Ibrahim and, 47 56, 89, 113 creation and features, 13–14 non-conforming Muslims and, Hussein Onn and, 42 87 KMM detentions, 23 non-Muslims and, 88–89 media and, 118 objections to, 52, 56, 75 recent instances of use, 13, 43, 49, PAS advocacy for, 6, 51, 52, 59–60, 56, 94, 129 110 International Islamic University of Islamic terrorism, 14, 23 Malaysia, 54, 55, 56, 78, 103 Islamic Youth Movement of Malaysia, Inul Daratista, 132 15, 47, 50n1, 106 Iran, 15, 43, 66 Iraq, 22, 108n2 J ISA, see Internal Security Act (ISA) Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Islam Persekutuan (JAWI), see Federal Arabization of, 98, 102–3 Territory Islamic Department in the Balkans, 17 Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia censorship of debates on, 14 (JAKIM), 14, 73n4, 94–95, 98, civil society and, 3, 8 133 as “counterpublic” movement, 5, 6, Jackson, Michael D., 31, 89 20, 22–23 James, Ann, 116 developmental context, 21 Jayakumar, Xavier, 121 12 I&AMindex.indd 155 4/22/10 9:46:46 AM 156 Index Jeyaganesh Mogarajah, 84–85, 91 Lee Hock Guan, 27, 28, 43, 49, 128, Johor, 131 129, 130 Joint Action Group, 97n2 Lee Kuan Yew, 40, 77 Jomo Kwame Sundaram, 37, 41, 42 Legal Professions Act, 28 Joy, Lina, 62–73, 76, 135 Lenin, Vladimir Il’ich, 30 liberation theology, 21–22 K Libya, 22 Kairos, 63, 88 Lim, Donald, 114, 115, 120 Kamali, Mohammad Hashim, 54, Lim Kit Siang, 120 60 Linde-Laursen, Anders, 11 Kamariah Ali, 87, 90 Lingham, V.K., 128 Kamarulnizam, Abdullah, 61 Little, David, 20 Kampung Bukit Tampoi, 34 Liversidge v.
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