Between Integration and Seccession : The Muslim Communities of the Southern Philippines, Southern Thailand and Western Burma/Myanmar

The Muslim Communities of the Southern Philippines, Southern Thailand and Western Burma/Myanmar

By: Moshe Yegar

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Hardcover | 1 July 2002

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482 Pages

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23.47 x 15.65 x 4.01

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This volume asks whether Muslim minorities can co-exist within non-Muslim states. Yegar's new work examines the radicalization of Muslim communities during the nationalist fervour that swept Southeast Asia in the aftermath of World War II. The book traces the theological and political impact of the post-war Islamic renaissance on the creation of Muslim separatist tendencies and heightened religious consciousness. Drawing on archival and secondary sources, Yegar examines three cases of rebellion in Muslim minorities: in the Philippines, in Thailand and in Burma / Myanmar, and the communities' struggle to define their aims - be it for communal separation, autonomy or independence - and gain the means to achieve them. Far from simple religious revolts or the political reaction of a minority against a majority state, Yegar reveals the continuing dilemma facing Islamic communities struggling to decide whether to live with or apart from the non-Muslim world.

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A comprehensive study of how Muslims in Myanmar, Thailand and the Philippines reacted to becoming minority communities in Buddhist and Christian polities, especially during the past two centuries. Its publication is illuminating and most timely..... -- Wang Gungwu, National University of Singapore
Dr. Yegar's encyclopedic study of the development and dynamics of Muslim communities in Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, and the Philippines represents a pioneering and valuable contribution to the literature on Islam in Southeast Asia. -- Martin Rudner, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus, Carleton University, Canada
A comprehensive study of how Muslims in Myanmar, Thailand and the Philippines reacted to becoming minority communities in Buddhist and Christian polities, especially during the past two centuries. Its publication is illuminating and most timely. -- Wang Gungwu, National University of Singapore

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