Tayeb Islamic Education in Indonesia and Malaysia

Shaping Minds, Saving Souls
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-11684-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 260 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

Despite their close geographic and cultural ties, the Indonesia and Malaysia have dramatically different Islamic education, with that in Indonesia being relatively decentralized and discursively diverse, while that in Malaysia is centralized and discursively restricted.

This book analyses the nature of Islamic education systems in Indonesia and Malaysia and the different approaches taken by these states in managing these systems. The author argues that the post-colonial state in Malaysia has been more successful in centralizing its control over Islamic education, and more concerned with promoting a restrictive orthodoxy, compared to the postcolonial state in Indonesia due to three factors: the ideological makeup of the state institutions that oversee Islamic education; patterns of societal Islamization that have prompted different responses from the states; and control of resources by the central government that influences center-periphery relations. The book contends that state institutions that oversee Islamic education in Malaysia are more ideologically aligned and focused than their counterparts in Indonesia, which then allows the state in Malaysia to exert more coherent influence over Islamic education. It shows that the wave of Islamic resurgence from the 1970s affected Indonesia and Malaysia differently. Islamization forced the state in Malaysia to engage with the political threat posed by Islamist activists, which resulted in increasing centralization of the Islamic education system by state, with the goal of subduing Islamic opposition and controlling Islamic discourse. There was no similarly grave threat to the legitimacy of the state in Indonesia, removing the impetus to centralize control over Islamization or promote a restrictive orthodoxy. Finally, the state in Malaysia has at its disposal more resources to manage Islamic education, including by absorbing private Islamic schools, compared to the state in Indonesia. Less state subsidies and financial control, however, also means that financially viable private Islamic schools in Indonesia can operate somewhat more independently than their counterparts in Malaysia. Demonstrating that these factors can help a state to minimize influence from the society and exert its dominance, in this case by centralizing control over Islamic education, the book advances a new understanding of the markedly different landscapes of Islamic education in Malaysia and Indonesia. It will be of interest to academics in the field of Southeast Asian Studies, Asian Education and Comparative Education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tayeb, Azmil Mohd

Tayeb, Azmil

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Functionalization of Islamic education in Indonesia and Malaysia

2. Overview of state functionalization of national education in Indonesia and Malaysia (late 1800s to present time)

3. Islamic education in Aceh and Kelantan: The two verandahs of Mecca

4. Islamic education in Nusa Tenggara Timur and Sarawak: Image of tolerance

5. Integrated Islamic education in Indonesia and Malaysia: Fusing the sacred and the profane

6. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Azmil Mohd Tayeb is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at Universiti Sains Malaysia.