Islam in Malaysian Foreign Policy (Politics in Asia)
Islam in Malaysian Foreign Policy (Politics in Asia) by Shanti Nair
English | Oct. 29, 1997 | ISBN: 041510341X | 316 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
English | Oct. 29, 1997 | ISBN: 041510341X | 316 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
A case study of a multi-ethnic Muslim state and a contribution to the study of the domestic functions of foreign policy. The book also addresses the real and imagined significance of Islam as a force in contemporary global politics.
The significance of religion in modern international relations lies in its political influence. As a potent force in the life of states and in inter-state relations, its assertion has been a striking phenomenon of contemporary times. Scholarly expectations that the role of religion in modern states and societies, through inevitable processes of modernization and secularization, would gradually diminish have been dramatically disproved by events in the latter half of the twentieth century.