Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Islam and Contemporary Malay/Muslim Society of Singapore
Islam and Contemporary Malay/Muslim Society of Singapore
Society of Singapore
Introduction
Objectives of the Module
“motherland”
Syncretic- accommodation and assimilation
and static
“Clash of civilizations” perspective
Conditioning factors
Confusion between religion and culture
Need for instant solutions
Pervasiveness
Ideology
Multiculturalism
Limitations of the culturalist
approach
Reductive and deterministic
world
Islam, the Malays and national integration
The major religious Institutions of Singapore
Malays
Assessment and other Requirements
Lectures
Tutorials-10%
Criteria of assessment
Essay-30%
Criteria of Assessment
Examinations (Open Book)
Readings