Synopses & Reviews
Between Integration and Secession asks whether Muslim minorities can co-exist with the majority and other cultures within non-Muslim states. Moshe Yegar's excellent new work examines the radicalization of Muslim communities during the nationalist fervor that swept southeast Asia in the aftermath of World War II. The book's grand historical scope traces the theological and political impact of the postwar Islamic renaissance on the creation of Muslim separatist tendencies and heightened religious consciousness. Drawing on a wealth of archival and secondary sources, Yegar examines three cases of rebellion in Muslim minorities: in the Philippines, in Thailand, and in Burma/Myanmar. He studies the communities' struggle to define their aims--be it for communal separation, autonomy, or independence--and the means each has at their disposal to achieve them.
About the Author
\Moshe Yegar is a Research Fellow at the Truman Institute, Hebrew University. He is the author of a number of books, including Malaysia: Attempts at Dialogue with a Muslim Country (1996).
Table of Contents
The expansion of Islam in Southeast Asia; the Muslims of Arakan; the origins of the Muslim community of Arakan; the British occupation and its aftermath; the Mujahideen revellion; the military coup and its aftermath; the Patani Muslims; the emergence of the Patani Muslim community; the annexation of Patani; Hajji Sulong and Tunku Mayhiddin; causes of friction and attempts at reform; separatist movements; the communist underground and problems of frontier areas; aspects of foreign relations - Malaysia, Arab nations and Islamic conferences; the 90s - is the revolt in decline?; the Moro Muslims; the emergency of the Moro community; the Spanish occupation period; the American occupation period; the Philippine republic; the emergence of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF); the controversy over the Tripoli Agreement; autonomy.