Full Description
The substantive regulations and legal institutions through which the state manages the religions of its Malay minority in contemporary Singapore are the focus of this volume. Through a detailed account of positive law and related religious and social institutions, Lindsey and Steiner explore the balance that the Singaporean government seeks to maintain between its obligations to an indigenous Muslim minority and the needs of its majority non-Muslim immigrant community.
Contents
Glossary
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Governing the Muslim Minority in Singapore: Law, Legal Institutions and the Anglo-Malay Madhhab
Part I. Sources of Islamic Regulation in Singapore
Chapter 2. Islamic Law under Colonial Rule: The Ordinances
1. Reception of English Law and its Influence on Islamic Law
2. Administration of Islam under Colonial Rule
3. Trends for the Post-colonial Development
Chapter 3. Islamic Law Post-Independence: The Administration of Muslim Law Act
Part II. Non-Judicial Legal Institutions in Singapore
Chapter 4. State Islamic Institutions
1. The Ministries: Muslim Affairs and Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS)
2. Registrar of Muslim Marriages (ROMM)
3. Fatawa and the Majlis Ugama Islam Singapore (MUIS)
Chapter 5. Regulation of Islamic Education
1. Madrasah
2. Other Islamic Education at Private Institutions
3. Islamic Education at Secular Schools
4. The Future of Islamic Religious Education
Part III. The Religious Judiciary in Singapore
Chapter 6. The Syari'ah Court System
Part IV. Judicial Decision Making
Chapter 7. Judicial Decision Making in the Religious Courts
*Case study: divorce
Part V. Alternative Visions of Syari'ah and State Responses in Singapore
Chapter 8. The Malay Minority and the Politics of Syari'ah in Singapore
Bibliography
Index
