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Author Aljunied, Syed Muhd. Khairudin, 1976-

Title Colonialism, violence and Muslims in southeast Asia : the Maria Hertogh controversy and its aftermath / Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 185 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 56
Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia (2005) ; 56.
Contents Remembering violence -- The colonial setting and outbreak of riots -- Muslims in singapore -- The Maria Hertogh legal controversy -- The riots -- Proscription -- Instilling fear -- Ideologues and perpetrators of violence -- The use and abuse of law -- To err is human, to forgive divine -- Annus Horribilis -- Surveillance -- Moments of anxiety -- A year of high drama -- The appeal court case -- Residues of Muslim resistance -- New threats and old enemies -- Self-criticism -- A winter of discontent -- The politics of enquiry -- The battle of words and wits -- Villains and scapegoats -- Shifting fates, shattered lives -- Reconciliation -- Restoring public confidence -- Pacifying the Muslims -- Challenges in reconciliation -- The martyr and the prophet of Islam -- The return to normalcy -- Reform -- The police force -- Education -- Marriage policies -- Child adoption -- In retrospect
Summary This book deals with the genesis, outbreak and far-reaching effects of a legal controversy and outbreak of mass violence which determined the course of British colonial rule after post World War Two in Singapore and Malaya. It will be of interest to scholars of British Colonial History and Decolonization and Asian History
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-168) and index
Notes Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL
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Subject Hertogh, Maria, 1937-2009.
SUBJECT Hertogh, Maria, 1937-2009 fast
Subject Riots -- Singapore
Muslims -- Singapore
HISTORY.
Muslims
Riots
Vrijheidsoorlogen.
Dekolonisatie.
Islam.
Singapore
Maleisiƫ.
Singapore.
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittanniƫ en Noord-Ierland.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203876831
0203876830
9781134011582
113401158X
9781134011599
1134011598