Negotiating statist Islam: fatwa and state policy in Singapore
This article examines how state-linked religious actors negotiate religious demands in a secular authoritarian state. There is a prevalent assumption that such religious actors lack the agency to affect state decisions. I do not seek to challenge that proposition, rather to qualify it by identifying...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
2018
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Journal of current Southeast Asian affairs
Year: 2018, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 57-88 |
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Singapore
B Islam B State B Religious institution B Islamic law B Political influencing B Religious organization B Bureaucracy |