Islam and Civil Society in Southeast Asia

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© 2001 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) was established as an autonomous organization in 1968. It is a regional research centre for scholars and other specialists concerned with modern Southeast Asia, particularly the multifaceted problems of stability and security, economic development, and political and social change. The Institute’s research programmes are the Regional Economic Studies (RES, including ASEAN and APEC), Regional Strategic and Political Studies (RSPS), and Regional Social and Cultural Studies (RSCS). The Institute is governed by a twenty-two-member Board of Trustees comprising nominees from the Singapore Government, the National University of Singapore, the various Chambers of Commerce, and professional and civic organizations. An Executive Committee oversees day-to-day operations; it is chaired by the Director, the Institute’s chief academic and administrative officer. ISEAS DOCUMENT DELIVERY SERVICE. No reproduction without permission of the publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, SINGAPORE 119614. FAX: (65)7756259; TEL: (65) 8702447; E-MAIL: publish@iseas.edu.sg © 2001 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore First published in Singapore in 2001 by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Pasir Panjang Singapore 119614 Internet e-mail: publish@iseas.edu.sg World Wide Web: http://www.iseas.edu.sg/pub.html All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.© 2001 Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Tokyo The responsibility for facts and opinions in this publication rests exclusively with the editors and contributors and their interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views or the policy of the Institute or its supporters. ISEAS Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Islam and civil society in Southeast Asia / edited by Nakamura Mitsuo, Sharon Siddique and Omar Farouk Bajunid. 1. Civil society—Religious aspects—Islam—Asia, Southeastern. 2. Islam—Social aspects—Asia, Southeastern. 3. Islam—20th century—Asia, Southeastern. I. Nakamura, Mitsuo, 1933– II. Siddique, Sharon. III. Bajunid, Omar Farouk. JC336 I82 2001 sls2000049816 ISBN 981-230-111-9 (soft cover) ISBN 981-230-112-7 (hard cover) Typeset by Superskill Graphics Pte Ltd. Printed in Singapore by Seng Lee Press Pte Ltd. ...