Muslim-Non-Muslim Marriage: Political and Cultural Contestations in Southeast Asia

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The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) was established as an autonomous organization in 1968. It is a regional centre dedicated to the study of socio-political, security and economic trends and developments in Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic and economic environment. 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). ISEAS Publishing, an established academic press, has issued almost 2,000 books and journals. It is the largest scholarly publisher of research about Southeast Asia from within the region. ISEAS Publishing works with many other academic and trade publishers and distributors to disseminate important research and analyses from and about Southeast Asia to the rest of the world. 00 Muslim_NonMuslim Prelims 5/4/09, 3:51 PM 2 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore Editedby GavinW.Jones, CheeHengLengand MaznahMohamad First published in Singapore in 2009 by ISEAS Publishing Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Pasir Panjang Singapore 119614 E-mail: publish@iseas.edu.sg Website: 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.© 2009 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore The responsibility for facts and opinions in this publication rests exclusively with the contributors and their interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views or the policy of the publisher or its supporters. ISEAS Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Muslim-non-Muslim marriage: political and cultural contestations in Southeast Asia / edited by Gavin Jones, Chee Heng Leng, Maznah Mohamad. 1. Interfaith marriage—Southeast Asia. 2. Marriage law—Southeast Asia. 3. Marriage—Religious aspects—Islam. I. Jones, Gavin W. II. Chee, Heng Leng. III. Maznah Mohamad. HQ1031 M98 2009 ISBN 978-981-230-874-0 (hard cover) ISBN 978-981-230-822-1 (PDF) Typeset by Superskill Graphics Pte Ltd Printed in Singapore by Mainland Press Pte Ltd 00 Muslim_NonMuslim Prelims 5/4/09, 3:51 PM 4 ...