From community to the state to individual preachers ; Traditional Islamic studies in Malaysia

What is it about?

Employing the socio-historical method of investigation, this chapter qualitatively explores traditional Islamic studies as obtained in Malaya from the pre-colonial to the colonial eras, and later neo-traditional initiatives in Islamic education in post-independent Malaysia, and in the process sheds light on their educational contents, sources and leadership background and style.

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Why is it important?

As we progress to look at modern manifestations of traditional Islamic studies in Malaysia, we not only take benefit of existing ethnographic data available from notes of our past visits to its centers and engagement with participants of its sessions, but we also conduct fresh interviews with its primary protagonists.

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