The Malaysian Islamic Party 1951-2013: Islamism in a Mottled Nation (Religion and Society in Asia)
Book Details
Author(s)
Farish A. Noor
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
ISBN / ASIN
9089645764
ISBN-13
9789089645760
Availability
Usually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank
#3,468,475
Category
Political Science
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
Description
The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) is the biggest opposition party in Malaysia and one of the most prominent Islamist parties in Southeast Asia. Tracing its development from 1951 to the present, this ambitious study explains how PAS acquired both local and international relevance.
Farish A. Noor charts the party’s rise alongside the different ideological postures?from anticolonialism to postrevolutionary Islamism?that it has adopted over the years. Exploring how PAS has continuously adapted to contemporary realities, he makes an important contribution to our understanding of Malaysia’s Islamist movement, as well as the country’s broader political history.
Farish A. Noor charts the party’s rise alongside the different ideological postures?from anticolonialism to postrevolutionary Islamism?that it has adopted over the years. Exploring how PAS has continuously adapted to contemporary realities, he makes an important contribution to our understanding of Malaysia’s Islamist movement, as well as the country’s broader political history.
