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Islam as a Tool of Modernization

Tuesday, September 6, 2005

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Ooi Kee Beng

Fellow at Singapores Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, and Coordinator of its Malaysia Studies Program.

A BIG worry in Iraq and the wider Middle East is that Islam and modernization are enemies. But Malaysian history over the past three decades shows that this belief is mistaken. In fact, Islamization has proved to be an effective political means of reconciling the majority of Malays to the countrys rapid economic development.

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