State, Ulama and Islam in Malaysia and Indonesia
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A01=Norshahril Saat
Author_Norshahril Saat
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co-optation
comparative politics
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islamic revivalism
Islamisation policy
political Islam research
religious authority
Southeast Asian studies
state capture
state capture theory
ulama in indonesia and malaysia
ulama influence on governance
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- ISBN 9781041189169
- Weight: 470g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Dec 2025
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Suharto (1966-98) government of Indonesia and the Mahathir (1981-2003) government of Malaysia both launched Islamisation programmes, upgrading and creating religious institutions. The author argues that, while generally ulamas, or religious teachers, had to support state ideologies, they sometimes succeeded in capturing the state by influencing policies in their favour. The author builds his argument on strong fieldwork data, especially interviews, and he engages in critical discussion of comparative politics paradigms and the concept of capture.
Dr Norshahril Saat is Fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. He received his PhD in International, Political and Strategic Studies from the Australian National University (ANU). He has published extensively on Islamic authority in Southeast Asia.|0
