The Political Mobilization of the Christian Community in Malaysia

Pui Yee Choong

doi:10.24415/9789400604773

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Edition: 1/2024
Copyright Year: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-90-8728-437-4
ISBN-Online: 978-94-006-0477-3
Publisher: Leiden University Press, Leiden
Language: English
Pages: 221
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. List of abbreviations No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
1. Overview No access
2. Objectives, scope, methods, and limitations No access
3. The repression–mobilization nexus: A contested relationship No access
4. The matter of regime type and political context No access
5. Towards a typology of repression and mobilization No access
6. Political mobilization and alternative responses No access
7. Of framing, resources, and political opportunities No access
8. Chapters No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Under a competitive authoritarian regime No access
3. 1. Overview No access
  2. Christianity and decolonization No access
4. 1. Overview: From the ‘dakwah’ movements to political rivalry No access
  2. Process 1: State-led Islamization No access
  3. Process 2: The politicization of Islam No access
  4. The general effects of Islamization No access
5. 1. Prohibition of preaching to Muslims No access
  2. Prohibitions on using select Malay and Arabic words No access
  3. Restrictions on the importation of Christian literature No access
  4. Church buildings, lands, and burial grounds No access
  5. Management of missionary schools No access
  6. Overt and surreptitious conversions of Christians No access
6. Conclusion No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Initial responses to state-led Islamization No access
3. 1. Banning of the Al-Kitab No access
  2. Restrictions on using ‘Islamic’ words No access
4. Targeted repression in the early 1980s No access
5. 1. Defying state policy under the pretext of nation-building No access
  2. Forging networks and alliances No access
  3. Fledgling electoral mobilization No access
6. 1. Several Christian experiences No access
  2. Moving towards principled engagement No access
  3. Legitimizing civil disobedience in the Kuching Declaration No access
7. Conclusion No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. Closed-door meetings and mixed results No access
  2. Absence of enforcement No access
  3. Learned submission and fear of repression No access
  4. Growth of Pentecostal-Charismatic churches and intra-Christian divisions No access
3. The Reformasi: A catalyst of political mobilization? No access
4. Electoral mobilization in the 1999 general election: Of official and unofficial voices No access
5. Resisting the push for an ‘Islamic state’ No access
6. 1. The Shah Alam Church of Divine Mercy No access
  2. The ‘Srigala Incident’ and other Orang Asli-related incidents No access
  3. Attacks on churches in the context of the ‘War on Terror’ No access
7. Conclusion No access
1. ‘A breath of fresh air’ No access
2. 1. Restrictions on religious texts No access
  2. Demolition of Orang Asli churches No access
  3. The Silibin Incident No access
3. The growing jurisdiction of the Sharia court No access
4. 1. Emergence and further polarization No access
  2. Invoking the Federal Constitution No access
  3. Relationship with other mass rallies No access
  4. Electoral mobilization No access
  5. NECF’s ’40-Day Fast and Prayer’ initiative No access
  6. Oriental Hearts and Mind Study Institute No access
5. Conclusion No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. 1. The Herald No access
    2. Sidang Injil Borneo No access
    3. Jill Ireland No access
    4. Collective rather than Separate Cases No access
  2. The ‘10-Point Solution’ and the Sarawakian context No access
  3. Targeted repression by the Selangor Islamic Department (JAIS) No access
  4. New standard operating procedures pertaining to Christian publications No access
3. 1. The logic of repression No access
  2. The NECF’s ‘Nation-Building Agenda’ No access
  3. Electoral mobilization No access
  4. Grassroots mobilization No access
4. Mobilizing through various outlets of expression No access
5. Divergent approaches within the Christian community: A comparison No access
6. Conclusion No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Christians in East Malaysia No access
3. 1. Historical overview and federal–state tensions No access
  2. Explaining a lack of resistance to state-led Islamization No access
  3. 1. Religious misclassification No access
    2. Conversions of indigenous Christians No access
    3. Grassroots mobilization and traditionalism No access
4. 1. The anomalous case? No access
  2. Relationship between Christian leaders in Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia No access
  3. Church–state relationships and divergent views No access
  4. Politicizing religious sentiment in Sarawak No access
5. Conclusion No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Electoral dynamics after Barisan Nasional’s defeat No access
3. 1. Typologies and sequences of resistance No access
  2. When defending rights also means opposing the regime No access
  3. Emphasizing the importance of subjective interpretations No access
4. Closing remarks: Old structures, new manifestations? No access
1. 1. Monographs No access
  2. Chapters No access
2. Journal articles No access
3. Theses and dissertations No access
4. Newspapers (printed) No access
5. Court cases, Statements and Letters No access
6. Surveys No access
7. 1. Government reports No access
  2. Organization reports No access
8. Online sources No access
9. Interviews No access
Appendix A: Official Letter from Najib Razak to Bishop Moon Hing Ng Proposing a 10-Point Solution No access Pages 209 - 210
Index No access Pages 211 - 220