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CONTENTS Acknowledgements ix Abbreviations xi Introduction 1 CivilSociety,Democracy,andthePublicSphere(s)inMalaysia 1 Islam,CivilSociety,andActivisminMalaysia 6 Overview 7 1 OnIslam,Democracy,andActivism 11 WhyMalaysia? 11 IslamizationandDemocracy 14 WhatisFundamentalism?WhoaretheFundamentalists? 18 IslamandRepression 19 RepressionandResistance 24 DemocracyandActivism 25 TheRoleoftheVanguards 29 2 AShortHistoryofMalaysia 36 ThePre-ColonialPeriod 36 TheBritishColonialPeriod 37 TheJapaneseOccupation 38 1957to1969 40 The1969GeneralElectionsandthe13MayRiots 40 TheIntroductionoftheNewEconomicPolicy 42 FearsofEthnicViolenceandtheMemoryof1969 43 FromAnwarIbrahimtothe2008GeneralElections 47 3 MalaysiaasanIslamicState:TheDebate 51 ThePerspectiveofUMNO 52 MalikImtiazSarwaronMalaysiaasaLiberal ConstitutionalState 57 PAS’sConstrualofMalaysiaasanIslamicState 59 ThreeVisionsofMalaysia 60 00 I&AM Prelims.indd 7 4/22/10 9:28:18 AM viii Contents 4 ConflictofJurisdiction:CivilversusSyariahLaw 62 TheCaseofLinaJoy 63 LinaJoy’sCaseintheHighCourt 64 LinaJoy’sCaseintheCourtofAppeal:TheConstitutional Approach 66 TheTechnicalApproach 67 TheReply 68 TalkingwithMalikImtiazSarwarandHarisbin MohamedIbrahim 69 TheViewofSalbiahAhmad 71 5 IslamistLawyers’Views 74 TheViewsofMohamedAriffYusofandHajiSulaiman Abdullah 74 AhmadMohamedIbrahim 78 RespondingtoIslamistInterpretationsandAgendas 81 6 SocialActivismandtheArticle11Coalition 83 Article11 83 Article11BroughttoaHalt 91 ConstitutingthePublicSphere 95 7 QuestioningOrthodoxies,CriticizingZealotry 98 GoingBeyondtheQuran 98 “TryUsingthatApproachinAdvocacy!” 99 TheInterpretationoftheQuran 100 TheInterpretationoftheHadith 101 IslamicFundamentals 102 TheJAWIRaid 104 8 ElectoralEngagements 110 TheFirst-Past-the-PostSystem 111 PracticalImpedimentstoPoliticalParticipation 114 Women’sCandidacyInitiative 124 BersihandthePublicRalliesof2007 127 TheEndofRacialPolitics? 130 Conclusion:Islam,Democracy,andActivisminMalaysia 132 Bibliography 137 Index 151 AbouttheAuthor 163 00 I&AM Prelims.indd 8 4/22/10 9:28:18 AM ...