Singapore Malays: Being Ethnic Minority and Muslim in a Global City-StateThe Malay population makes up Singapore's three largest ethnic groups. This book presents holistic and extensive analysis of the 'Malay Muslim story' in Singapore. Comprehensively and convincingly argued, the author examines their challenging circumstances in the fields of politics, education, social mobility, economy, leadership, and freedom of religious expression. The book makes a significant contribution to the understanding of Muslims in Singapore, and the politics of a Malay-Muslim minority in a global city-state. It is of interest to researchers and students in the field of Singaporean studies, Southeast Asian Studies and Islam in Asia. |
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Page xvii
... Majority ethnic community comprising 74 per cent of Singapore's population Chinese, Malay, Indian, Others (Ethnic classification by government) Central Provident Fund Ethnic self-help group (Mendaki, AMP, SINDA, CDAC, EU) General ...
... Majority ethnic community comprising 74 per cent of Singapore's population Chinese, Malay, Indian, Others (Ethnic classification by government) Central Provident Fund Ethnic self-help group (Mendaki, AMP, SINDA, CDAC, EU) General ...
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... majority ethnic community, as recorded in the 1824 population census, but now comprise a mere 13.4 per cent (503,900) of the total resident population of 3.77 million (Table 1.1).8 However, if one were to indicate the fundamental ...
... majority ethnic community, as recorded in the 1824 population census, but now comprise a mere 13.4 per cent (503,900) of the total resident population of 3.77 million (Table 1.1).8 However, if one were to indicate the fundamental ...
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... majority of enlisted Malay National Servicemen to the less prestigious and challenging police force instead of the army; the feeling that 'as a Malay, I've always been told that I have to work twice as hard to prove my worth . . . and ...
... majority of enlisted Malay National Servicemen to the less prestigious and challenging police force instead of the army; the feeling that 'as a Malay, I've always been told that I have to work twice as hard to prove my worth . . . and ...
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... majority and minority communities given the state's homogenization and assimilationist tendencies, and its relative lack of success in resolving the problem, is common in many countries, East and West. Such was indeed the finding in the ...
... majority and minority communities given the state's homogenization and assimilationist tendencies, and its relative lack of success in resolving the problem, is common in many countries, East and West. Such was indeed the finding in the ...
Page 15
... majority group', creating 'a range of burdens, barriers, stigmatizations, and exclusions of members of minority groups' (Kymlicka and Norman 2000: 4). Hence, each of the above four approaches has its particular strengths in explaining ...
... majority group', creating 'a range of burdens, barriers, stigmatizations, and exclusions of members of minority groups' (Kymlicka and Norman 2000: 4). Hence, each of the above four approaches has its particular strengths in explaining ...
Contents
PART II The Malay plight examined | 43 |
PART III Sources of the Malay plight | 97 |
what is to be done? | 127 |
Hussin Mutalib books articles talks seminars and conferences 19862010 | 154 |
StateMalay tensions since the 1980s a sample | 157 |
ethnic preferences in the resale market for HDB flats | 158 |
Notes | 159 |
Bibliography | 190 |
Index | 201 |
Other editions - View all
Singapore Malays: Being Ethnic Minority and Muslim in a Global City-state Hussin Mutalib Limited preview - 2012 |
Singapore Malays: Being Ethnic Minority and Muslim in a Global City-State Hussin Mutalib No preview available - 2014 |
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Abdullah Aljunied AMLA Available online Berita Harian Berita Minggu British cent challenges Chinese citizens city-state community’s concerns cultural decades earlier economic Election electoral elite ethnic groups ethnic minority ethno-religious global Goh Chok Tong government’s highlighted Hussin Mutalib Indian indigenous Indonesia institutions Islamic issues January Lee Hsien Loong Lee Kuan Yew Lee’s madrasah majority Malay community Malay language Malay leadership Malay minority Malay plight Malay political Malay problem Malay progress Malay students Malay world Malay/Muslim community Malaysia Malaysian Malay managing Melayu Mendaki meritocracy Minister Minister-in-charge of Muslim mosques MUIS multicultural multiracial Muslim Muslim Affairs nation-building non-Malays official PAP government PAP Malay MPs PAP’s party Pergas PM Goh PM Lee population present writer religious Republic Republic’s Malays role scholars schools secular seminars September Shari’ah Singapore Malays Singapore Muslims Singapore’s social society socio-economic Southeast Asia state’s Statistics Straits Sultan tion Today tudung Yaacob Yaacob Ibrahim