Colonialism, violence and Muslims in southeast Asia :

Aljunied, Syed Muhd. Khairudin, 1976-

Colonialism, violence and Muslims in southeast Asia : the Maria Hertogh controversy and its aftermath / Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2009. - xviii, 185 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 56 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [136]-168) and index.

Remembering violence -- The colonial setting and outbreak of riots -- Muslims in singapore -- The Maria Hertogh legal controversy -- The riots -- Proscription -- Instilling fear -- Ideologues and perpetrators of violence -- The use and abuse of law -- To err is human, to forgive divine -- Annus Horribilis -- Surveillance -- Moments of anxiety -- A year of high drama -- The appeal court case -- Residues of Muslim resistance -- New threats and old enemies -- Self-criticism -- A winter of discontent -- The politics of enquiry -- The battle of words and wits -- Villains and scapegoats -- Shifting fates, shattered lives -- Reconciliation -- Restoring public confidence -- Pacifying the Muslims -- Challenges in reconciliation -- The martyr and the prophet of Islam -- The return to normalcy -- Reform -- The police force -- Education -- Marriage policies -- Child adoption -- In retrospect.

9780415485944 (hardback : alk. paper) 0415485940 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780203876831 (ebook) 0203876830 (ebook)


Hertogh, Maria, 1937-2006.


Riots--Singapore.
Muslims--Singapore.

Southeast Asia

959.57/04 / ALJ
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