Islam & Civil Society in Southeast Asia

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· Social Issues in Southeast Asia Series Book 23 · Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
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The Islamic world, often regarded as an anathema to civil society, in fact has rich traditions of associational life pursuing “common good”. These religious resources have been reinterpreted for the enhancement of civic virtues and participatory politics in contemporary context, that is, democratization. Such pioneering efforts have been clearly observable in Muslim Southeast Asia. In November 1999, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation invited ten Muslim activists and scholars from the region to Japan for exchanging views and experiences among themselves and with Japanese participants. Here their papers and discussions are compiled into a book, Islam and Civil Society in Southeast Asia. 

About the author

• Nakamura Mitsuo is Professor Emeritus of Chiba University, Japan. He obtained a B.A. in Philosophy and an M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Tokyo, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from Cornell University.

• Sharon Siddique is Director of Sree Kumar-Siddique & Co. and also Director of the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), Singapore.  She was formerly Deputy Director of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. She was educated at the University of Montana and the University of Bielefeld where she obtained a Ph.D. in Sociology.

• Omar Farouk Bajunid is Professor of History at the School of International Studies, Hiroshima City University.  He was formerly at the Department of History, University of Malaya.  He received a Ph.D. from the University of Kent at Canterbury, United Kingdom. 

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