Research Catalog

Title

Colonialism, violence and Muslims in southeast Asia : the Maria Hertogh controversy and its aftermath / Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied.

Author

Aljunied, Syed Muhd. Khairudin, 1976-

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.

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Details

Description

xviii, 185 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 56

Uniform Title

Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia (2005) ; 56.

Subject

• Hertogh, Maria, 1937-
• Riots > Singapore
• Muslims > Singapore
• Vrijheidsoorlogen
• Dekolonisatie
• Islam
• Maleisië
• Singapore
• Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-168) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Remembering violence -- The colonial setting and outbreak of riots -- Muslims in singapore -- The Maria Hertogh legal controversy -- The riots -- Proscription -- Instilling fear -- Ideologues and perpetrators of violence -- The use and abuse of law -- To err is human, to forgive divine -- Annus Horribilis -- Surveillance -- Moments of anxiety -- A year of high drama -- The appeal court case -- Residues of Muslim resistance -- New threats and old enemies -- Self-criticism -- A winter of discontent -- The politics of enquiry -- The battle of words and wits -- Villains and scapegoats -- Shifting fates, shattered lives -- Reconciliation -- Restoring public confidence -- Pacifying the Muslims -- Challenges in reconciliation -- The martyr and the prophet of Islam -- The return to normalcy -- Reform -- The police force -- Education -- Marriage policies -- Child adoption -- In retrospect.

ISBN

• 9780415485944 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 0415485940 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 9780203876831 (ebook)
• 0203876830 (ebook)

LCCN

^^2008050626

OCLC

• 277466095
• SCSB-10593781

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library