Hamka & Islam : Cosmopolitican Reform in the Malay World BANTAM PRESS North by Northwest

North by Northwest

" Chinese culture by parallels with the West

have you forgotten dreams that have been lost and buried

Now that they've both escaped

not the art of short-story writing

Hamka & Islam : Cosmopolitican Reform in the Malay World BANTAM PRESS North by NorthwestIn response to the Islamic resurgence of the 1970s and beyond, the Suharto (1966 1998) and Mahathir (1981 2003) governments undertook massive Islamisation programmes in Indonesia and Malaysia respectively. This included co opting influential religious scholars into state sponsored institutions. In 1975, Suharto formed the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI); while in the 1980s, Mahathir upgraded the Malaysian National Fatwa Council (JKFMKI), JAKIM