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The article traces the origins of Article 3 relating to the position of Islam in the 1957 Malayan federal constitution and explains the intentions of the framers in inserting this article in the constitution.

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The primary constitutional documents help to explain the constitutional position of Islam in the Malaysian constitution as intended by the framers when they put in the provision in 1956-1957..

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This page is a summary of: The Position of Islam in the Constitution of Malaysia, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, May 2006, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0022463406000543.
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