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The Malaysian General Elections of 2013: The Last Attempt at Secular-inclusive Nation-building? by Noor, Farish A

“…This paper looks at the Malaysian General Election campaign of 2013, and focuses primarily on the 1Malaysia project that was foregrounded by the administration…”
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Mapping Cultural Nationalism: The Scholars of the Burma Research Society 1910-1935, by Carol Ann Boshier by Noor, Farish A

“…(Boshier writes that Furnivall was worried that Burmese identity might eventually be diluted or relegated to the margins as a result of Burma’s annexation by…”
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You are under arrest: Epistemic arrest and the endless reproduction of the image of the colonised native by Noor, Farish A

“…In the year 1907 the colonial entrepreneur and expert on tin-mining in British Malaya, CG Warnford-Lock, wrote thus in his book Mining in Malaya for Gold and…”
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Popular Religiosity in Indonesia Today: The Next Step after ‘Islam Kultural’? by Noor, Farish A.

“…The phenomenon of popular Islam is seen everywhere in the Muslim world today, and expresses itself via a host of means ranging from fashion to architecture as…”
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The 13th Malaysian General Elections from a Sabah Perspective by Noor, Farish A.

“…This article looks at the campaign for the 13th Malaysian election as conducted in Sabah, and will offer some observations on the local issues that were deemed…”
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Opinion: Political Freedom's Price; If the people of Southeast Asia want to keep the precious few civil liberties they have, then they better learn to speak up: Atlantic Edition by Noor, Farish A

“…Lest it be forgotten, Asia is already one of the most regulated and restrictive political environments in the world. The region is a virtual patchwork of…”
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On the Permanent Hajj: The Tablighi Jama'at in South East Asia by Noor, Farish A.

“…The Tablighi Jama'at ranks as one of the biggest missionary movements in the contemporary Muslim world and it has spread its network of itinerant members right…”
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The Anti-American Century by Krastev, Ivan, McPherson, Alan, Bong, Youngshik, Klug, Brian, Kovacs, Janos Matyas, Moon, Katharine H. S, Noor, Farish A

“…This book interrogates the nature of anti-Americanism today and over the last century. It asks several questions: How do we define the phenomenon from…”
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'Racial Profiling' Revisited: The 1915 Indian Sepoy Mutiny in Singapore and the Impact of Profiling on Religious and Ethnic Minorities by Noor, Farish A.

“…The 1915 Singapore Indian Sepoy mutiny caught the British colonial authorities by surprise and led to significant damage to the environs of Singapore and the…”
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Re-orienting the ‘West’? The Transnational Debate on the Status of the ‘West’ in the Debates among Islamist Intellectuals and Students from the 1970s to the Present by Noor, Farish A.

“…This paper will look at the process of transnational transfer of ideas, beliefs and value-systems, with a special emphasis on the transfer of Islamist ideas…”
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Blood, Sweat and Jihad: The Radicalization of the Political Discourse of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) from 1982 Onwards by NOOR, FARISH A.

“…This article looks at the radicalization of the political discourse and strategies of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) from the early 1980s to the…”
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Discovering ‘Religion’: Nineteenth Century Colonial Attitudes Towards Religious Identity and Difference in Southeast Asia by Noor, Farish A., Hedges, Paul

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SUNDANCE IN BRIEF by Eisner, Ken

“…Ambitious, sleek-looking B&W docu examines wide array of ethnic, religious and political divisions in modern Malaysia. Clever picmaker [Amir Muhammad], who…”
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From Majapahit to Putrajaya: the kris as a symptom of civilizational development and decline by Noor, Farish A.

“…The kris is the legendary weapon of the Malay peoples, used throughout the archipelago. This paper examines the evolution of the kris over the centuries. The…”
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Popular Religiosity in Indonesia Today: The Next Step after ‘Islam Kultural’? by Noor, Farish A.

“…The phenomenon of popular Islam is seen everywhere in the Muslim world today, and expresses itself via a host of means ranging from fashion to architecture as…”
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Looking for reformasi: The discursive dynamics of the reformasi movement and its prospects as a political project by Noor, Farish A.

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Islam, Youth, and Modernity in the Gambia: The Tablighi Jamaʿat by Marloes Janson (review) by Noor, Farish A

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Islam, Youth, and Modernity in the Gambia: The Tablighi Jamaʿat by Marloes Janson (review) by Noor, Farish A

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Innocents abroad? The erasure of the question of race and power in contemporary feminist and 'nostalgic' travelogues by Noor, Farish A.

“…This paper examines some recently published travelogues which have brought together a number of travel narratives written by Western women who travelled to…”
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The Malaysian General Elections of 2013: The Last Attempt at Secular-inclusive Nation-building? by Farish A. Noor

“…This paper looks at the Malaysian General Election campaign of 2013, and focuses primarily on the 1Malaysia project that was foregrounded by the administration…”
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