Intro; Contents; 1. Introduction; SECTION I: MALAYSIA; 2. Emergence of Progressive Islamism in Malaysia; 3. Competing Discourses Among Malaysian Muftis: Still a Case of Arabization?; 4. The Riyal and Ringgit of Petro-Islam: Investing Salafism in Education; SECTION II: INDONESIA; 5. The Middle East Influence on the Contemporary Indonesian "Campus Islam"; 6. Contemporary Middle Eastern Islamic Thought and its Transmission in Indonesia: A Critical Assessment; 7. Plural Islam and Contestation of Religious Authority in Indonesia
8. Preachers-cum-Trainers: The Promoters of Market Islam in Urban IndonesiaSECTION III: SINGAPORE; 9. Shariah Revivalism in Singapore; Index
Summary
""Islam in the Malay world of Southeast Asia or Islam Nusantara, as it has come to be known, had for a long time been seen as representing the more spiritual and Sufi dimension of Islam, thereby striking a balance between the exoteric and the esoteric. This image of 'the smiling face of Islam' has been disturbed during the last decades with increasing calls for the implementation of Shari'ah, conceived of in a narrow manner, intolerant discourse against non-Muslim communities, and hate speech against minority Muslims such as the Shi'ites. There has also been what some have referred to as the S
