About the Author

Associate Professor Sven Schottmann is director of internationalisation for the Arts, Education and Law Group at Griffith University in Brisbane, and a member of the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research.

Reviews

This vivid, engaging book makes an important contribution to the literature on Islam and politics in Southeast Asia and represents a significant addition to the scholarship on Islam and political thought in general. And now that Mahathir is back in power, his take on religion is more timely than ever.--Timothy P. Daniels, author of Living Sharia: Law and Practice in Malaysia