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Islamic reformism in Malaya: the case of Syed Sheikh al-Hadi

The period of the late 19th to the early 20th centuries witnessed the emergence Islamic reformism in Malaya. Against the background of Malay backwardness the reformists believe that it is imperative for them to carry out a reform in their own society to redress the problems confronting them. In...

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Main Author: Zakariya, Hafiz
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2018
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BP1 Islam
DS Asia
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spelling my.iium.irep.676092018-11-27T01:01:11Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/67609/ Islamic reformism in Malaya: the case of Syed Sheikh al-Hadi Zakariya, Hafiz BP1 Islam DS Asia The period of the late 19th to the early 20th centuries witnessed the emergence Islamic reformism in Malaya. Against the background of Malay backwardness the reformists believe that it is imperative for them to carry out a reform in their own society to redress the problems confronting them. In doing so, they believed that restoration of the purity of Islamic teachings and practices are necessary for the Muslims to get out from the material slump, and intellectual stagnation. A prominent Malay reformist who played a pivotal role in promoting the Islamic reformism in Malaya was Sayyid Shaykh Ahmad al-Hadi (hereafter, al-Hadi). Indeed, al-Hadi was the most effective reformist writer, propagandist and polemicist. Moreover, he enjoys a reputation as the father of the Malay novel, a progressive thinker and brilliant social critic. 2018-11-08 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67609/1/ISRL_Irep.pdf Zakariya, Hafiz (2018) Islamic reformism in Malaya: the case of Syed Sheikh al-Hadi. In: International Symposium on Religious Life (ISRL), 6th-9th November 2018, Jogjakarta, Indonesia. (Unpublished)
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DS Asia
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DS Asia
Zakariya, Hafiz
Islamic reformism in Malaya: the case of Syed Sheikh al-Hadi
description The period of the late 19th to the early 20th centuries witnessed the emergence Islamic reformism in Malaya. Against the background of Malay backwardness the reformists believe that it is imperative for them to carry out a reform in their own society to redress the problems confronting them. In doing so, they believed that restoration of the purity of Islamic teachings and practices are necessary for the Muslims to get out from the material slump, and intellectual stagnation. A prominent Malay reformist who played a pivotal role in promoting the Islamic reformism in Malaya was Sayyid Shaykh Ahmad al-Hadi (hereafter, al-Hadi). Indeed, al-Hadi was the most effective reformist writer, propagandist and polemicist. Moreover, he enjoys a reputation as the father of the Malay novel, a progressive thinker and brilliant social critic.
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author Zakariya, Hafiz
author_facet Zakariya, Hafiz
author_sort Zakariya, Hafiz
title Islamic reformism in Malaya: the case of Syed Sheikh al-Hadi
title_short Islamic reformism in Malaya: the case of Syed Sheikh al-Hadi
title_full Islamic reformism in Malaya: the case of Syed Sheikh al-Hadi
title_fullStr Islamic reformism in Malaya: the case of Syed Sheikh al-Hadi
title_full_unstemmed Islamic reformism in Malaya: the case of Syed Sheikh al-Hadi
title_sort islamic reformism in malaya: the case of syed sheikh al-hadi
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