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Religious freedom, the Malaysian Constitution and Islam: a critical analysis

This article seeks to analyze three types of religious freedom as stipulated by the Malaysian Constitution; freedom to profess, freedom to practice and freedom to disseminate one’s religion. The article will also analyze whether the provisions on freedom adhere to the objectives of Islamic laws (maq...

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Main Authors: Wan Husin, Wan Nurhasniah, Ibrahim, Haslina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016
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BP173.6 Islam and the state
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/47126/1/47126.pdf
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spelling my.iium.irep.471262016-07-21T12:28:57Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/47126/ Religious freedom, the Malaysian Constitution and Islam: a critical analysis Wan Husin, Wan Nurhasniah Ibrahim, Haslina BP173.6 Islam and the state HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform This article seeks to analyze three types of religious freedom as stipulated by the Malaysian Constitution; freedom to profess, freedom to practice and freedom to disseminate one’s religion. The article will also analyze whether the provisions on freedom adhere to the objectives of Islamic laws (maqasid al-shari’ah) given that Islam is regarded by the Constitution as the religion of the Federation and practically the religion of the majority. In addition, the Charter of Medina will be taken as a concrete model of which policies on religious freedom can be emulated. The author has combined the textual, contextual, historical and comparative methods in the gathering and the analysis of data. It is hope that the article can provide a critical analysis on religious freedom in Malaysia from an Islamic perspective given that the Constitution is explicit about Islam as the religion of the Federation. Elsevier 2016-01 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47126/1/47126.pdf Wan Husin, Wan Nurhasniah and Ibrahim, Haslina (2016) Religious freedom, the Malaysian Constitution and Islam: a critical analysis. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 217. pp. 1216-1224. ISSN 1877-0428 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042816001774
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topic BP173.6 Islam and the state
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
spellingShingle BP173.6 Islam and the state
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Wan Husin, Wan Nurhasniah
Ibrahim, Haslina
Religious freedom, the Malaysian Constitution and Islam: a critical analysis
description This article seeks to analyze three types of religious freedom as stipulated by the Malaysian Constitution; freedom to profess, freedom to practice and freedom to disseminate one’s religion. The article will also analyze whether the provisions on freedom adhere to the objectives of Islamic laws (maqasid al-shari’ah) given that Islam is regarded by the Constitution as the religion of the Federation and practically the religion of the majority. In addition, the Charter of Medina will be taken as a concrete model of which policies on religious freedom can be emulated. The author has combined the textual, contextual, historical and comparative methods in the gathering and the analysis of data. It is hope that the article can provide a critical analysis on religious freedom in Malaysia from an Islamic perspective given that the Constitution is explicit about Islam as the religion of the Federation.
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author Wan Husin, Wan Nurhasniah
Ibrahim, Haslina
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Ibrahim, Haslina
author_sort Wan Husin, Wan Nurhasniah
title Religious freedom, the Malaysian Constitution and Islam: a critical analysis
title_short Religious freedom, the Malaysian Constitution and Islam: a critical analysis
title_full Religious freedom, the Malaysian Constitution and Islam: a critical analysis
title_fullStr Religious freedom, the Malaysian Constitution and Islam: a critical analysis
title_full_unstemmed Religious freedom, the Malaysian Constitution and Islam: a critical analysis
title_sort religious freedom, the malaysian constitution and islam: a critical analysis
publisher Elsevier
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url http://irep.iium.edu.my/47126/1/47126.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/47126/
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