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

Contents

v CONTENTS Preface vii The Contributors ix Glossary xv Introduction Chapter 1 Muslim-non-Muslim Marriage, Rights and the State in Southeast Asia 1 Chee Heng Leng, Gavin W. Jones and Maznah Mohamad SECTION I Political and Legal Contestations Chapter 2 Trapped between Legal Unification and Pluralism: The Indonesian Supreme Court’s Decision on Interfaith Marriage 33 Ratno Lukito Chapter 3 Private Lives, Public Contention: Muslim-non-Muslim Family Disputes in Malaysia 59 Maznah Mohamad, Zarizana Aziz and Chin Oy Sim Chapter 4 Legal Aspects of Muslim-non-Muslim Marriage in Indonesia 102 Mark Cammack 00 Muslim_NonMuslim Prelims 5/4/09, 3:51 PM 5 vi Contents Chapter 5 The Politico-Religious Contestation: Hardening of the Islamic Law on Muslim-non-Muslim Marriage in Indonesia 139 Suhadi Cholil SECTION II Lived Realities Chapter 6 “Not Muslim, not Minangkabau”: Interreligious Marriage and its Cultural Impact in Minangkabau Society 161 Mina Elfira Chapter 7 Khao Khaek: Interfaith Marriage between Muslims and Buddhists in Southern Thailand 190 Amporn Marddent Chapter 8 Interethnic Marriages and Conversion to Islam in Kota Bharu 219 Jolanda Lindenberg SECTION III Perspectives Chapter 9 Promoting Gender Equity through Interreligious Marriage: Empowering Indonesian Women 255 Siti Musdah Mulia Chapter 10 Muslim-non-Muslim Marriage in Singapore 283 Noor Aisha Abdul Rahman Index 319 00 Muslim_NonMuslim Prelims 5/4/09, 3:51 PM 6 ...