Politics of Muslim Identities in Asia

Iulia Lumina is an independent researcher who specialised in the comparative study of Islam at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.

• Introduction: Situating the Politics of Muslim IdentitiesIulia LuminaSpeculative Verses of Islam in Singapore Malay LiteratureNazry BahrawiWomen and Islamisation in Malaysia: Contestations on the Practice of IslamSyed Imad AlatasSecuring Muslim Boundaries: Religious Freedom and Public Order in Pakistan and MalaysiaMatthew J. NelsonIslamic Populism and Identity Politics of MUI: Islamic Leadership, Halal Project and the Threat to Religious Freedom in Indonesia Syafiq HasyimMigration and Islamism in Bangladesh: the Rise of Transnational IdentitiesNazneen MohsinaIslamism in Mindanao, Southern Philippines: Moderates, Radicals and ExtremistsNathan Gilbert QuimpoHindu Orientalism: The Sachar Committee and Over-representation of Minorities in JailIrfan AhmadThe Making and Unmaking of the RohingyaImrul IslamTurning Sheep into Tigers: State Securitisation of Islam, Societal Insecurity and Conflict in Xinjiang, ChinaJoanne Smith FinleyIndex

The Politics of Muslim Identities brings together nine case studies from across Asia. The discussions in each chapter together illustrate the contested diversity of Islam as it is understood and practiced by Muslims, and contributes to a growing and much-needed literature which emphasises the need for historicised and anti-essentialist understandings of Islam.