Religio-Political Activism of Ulama in Malaysia
RELIGIO-POLITICAL ACTIVISM OF ULAMA IN MALAYSIA MOHAMED NAWAB BIN MOHAMED OSMAN (BA. HONS) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2006 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My gratitude is first to my father, Md Osman Sultan Ibrahim who guided me to this path of knowledge. My appreciation to my mother, Jainab Naina Sahib whose undying love was important in this pursuit. I would like to express my thanks to all those who helped me materially and academically to accomplish this study. Firstly, I would like to record my many thanks to my supervisor Assoc Prof Timothy Barnard who gave me a lot of advice about organising this research and was kind enough to entertain the many calls and visits that I gave him. I would like to also thank Dr. Suzaina whose advice had been crucial in the many decisions I had taken during my time as an undergraduate and for opening up the horizons in my search for knowledge. My deep gratitude to Kelvin Lawrence for his insights on my writing. I thank all the interviewees, Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Hadi Awang, Nasharuddin Mat Isa, Harun Taib, Hassan Shukri, Ghani Shamsuddin, Azamuddin Taib, Ahmad Awang, Halim Kader, Osman Awang, Datuk Wira Hj. Rashid Redza, Razali Shahabuddin Mona Abaza, Qazi Hussein Ahmad, Syed Munawar Hassan, Dato’s Harunssani, Sheikh Johari Bux and Azra Banu for taking time from their extremely busy schedule to grant me the interviews. My special appreciation to Fadli Ghani and Ustaz Hassan Shukri for all the support that they gave me in the entire course of writing this thesis.
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