Malaysia: Islamic Resurgence and the Question of Development
Malaysia: Islamic Resurgence and the Question of Development
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马来西亚:伊斯兰复兴与发展问题
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10.1355/sj1-1d
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发表时间:
1986
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C. Muzaffar
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C. Muzaffar
Islamic resurgence or the rising again of Islam is a description of the endeavour to re-establish Islamic values, practices, institutions, laws, indeed Islam in its entirety, in the lives of Muslims everywhere.1 It is an attempt to re-create an Islamic ethos and social order at the vortex of which is the Islamic human being, guided by the Qur'an and the Sunnah. The signs of Islamic resurgence in Malaysia are everywhere. The rapid diffusion of what is regarded as Islamic attire among a significant segment of the Muslim female population in urban areas in particular is but the most obvious of these signs.2 It is perhaps no exaggeration to say that a good 60 to 70 per cent of all Muslim females above adolescence wear such apparel. A number of Muslim males too put on what they perceive to be religiously-sanctioned attire. Many of them also grow beards as their way of emulating the Prophet and his companions. With this change in dress form, there has also been a decline in social intercourse between the sexes. Muslim males and females who claim to be conforming to an Islamic way of life often operate in separate spheres of activity. Women who are part of the resurgence have far less significant public roles compared to their male counterparts. Besides clothing, male-female roles and relationships, Islamic resurgence is also expressing itself through other little ways like the penchant for what is popularly accepted as the Islamic form of greeting. Islamic in effect Arabic terminology frills the speech of the resurgents. Even in their ordinary conversations there is a sprinkling of Arabic words. At the same time, there is much more overt concern about