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“Form follows function”? Popular Islamic Discourse in Malaysia

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Unfriedliche Religionen?

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In the following paragraphs, I intend to address the topic of public and/or popular Islamic discourse in Malaysia, thereby stressing the point that it is not really appropriate to speak of the Islamic discourse. This is so because there is neither a shared understanding of every issue that is publicly discussed among Malaysian Muslims, nor is it possible to deny the fact that the discourse on Islam in Malaysia consists of statements and opinions from very different actor groups, hence reflects the plurality of Muslim life in this country.

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  1. Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Deutschland

    Mathias Hildebrandt

  2. Universität zu Köln, Deutschland

    Manfred Brocker

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Derichs, C. (2005). “Form follows function”? Popular Islamic Discourse in Malaysia. In: Hildebrandt, M., Brocker, M. (eds) Unfriedliche Religionen?. Politik und Religion. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-80796-0_6

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