TY - BOOK AU - Aljunied, Syed Muhd. Khairudin, TI - Colonialism, violence and Muslims in southeast Asia: the Maria Hertogh controversy and its aftermath T2 - Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia SN - 9780415485944 (hardback : alk. paper) U1 - 959.57/04 PY - 2009/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Hertogh, Maria, KW - Riots KW - Singapore KW - Muslims KW - Southeast Asia N1 - 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 ER -