Arab Uprisings and Malaysias Islamist Movements - Influence, Impact and Lessons

List of contents

List of tables
Preface
List of acronyms and abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Glossary of non-English terms
1 Introduction
2 The development of the Islamist movements in Malaysia
3 Knowledge and perceptions of the Islamist movements in Malaysia towards the Arab Uprisings
4 The influences and impacts of the Arab Uprisings on the Islamist movements in Malaysia
5 Revolution or political stability? Malaysia’s Islamist movements and lessons from the Arab Uprisings
6 Concluding remarks and perspectives
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Mohd Irwan Syazli Saidin is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK, and a senior lecturer in Middle East Politics in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Summary

This book examines the attitude of Malaysia’s Islamist movements – The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS); The National Trust Party (AMANAH); The Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (ABIM) and the Malaysian Muslim Solidarity Front (ISMA) – towards the Arab Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa.

Product details

• Authors: Mohd Irwan Syazli Saidin, Mohd Irwan Syazli Saidin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367423551
• ISBN: 978-0-367-42355-1
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series; Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Politics and government