Lexington Books
Pages: 482
Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-0-7391-0356-2 • Hardback • July 2002 • $167.00 • (£129.00)
Moshe Yegar is a Research Fellow at the Truman Institute, Hebrew University. He is the author of a number of books, including Malaysia: Attempts at Dialogue with a Muslim Country (1996).
Part 1 The Expansion of Islam in Southeast Asia
Part 2 The Muslims of Arakan
Chapter 3 Beginnings of the Muslim Community in Burma
Chapter 4 Muslim Settlement in Arakan
Chapter 5 From the British Occupation through World War II
Chapter 6 World War II and Its Aftermath
Chapter 7 The Mujahideen Rebellion
Chapter 8 The Mayu Frontier Administration (MFA)
Chapter 9 The Military Coup and its Aftermath
Part 10 The Patani Muslims
Chapter 11 The Emergence of the Patani Muslim Community
Chapter 12 The Annexation of Patani
Chapter 13 Hajji Sulong and Tunku Mayhiddin
Chapter 14 Causes of Friction and Attempts at Reform
Chapter 15 Separatist Movements
Chapter 16 The Communist Underground and Problems of Border Areas
Chapter 17 Aspects of Foreign Relations: Malaysia, Arab Nations, and Islamic Conferences
Chapter 18 The '90s: Is the Revolt in Decline?
Part 19 The Moro Muslims
Chapter 20 The Emergence of the Moro Community
Chapter 21 The Spanish Occupation Period
Chapter 22 The American Occupation Period
Chapter 23 The Philippine Republic
Chapter 24 The Emergence of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)
Chapter 25 The Controversy Over the Tripoli Agreement
Chapter 26 Autonomy
A comprehensive study of how Muslims in Myanmar, Thailand and the Philippines reacted to becoming minority communities in Buddhist and Christian polities, especially during the past two centuries. Its publication is illuminating and most timely.....
— Wang Gungwu, National University of Singapore
Dr. Yegar's encyclopedic study of the development and dynamics of Muslim communities in Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, and the Philippines represents a pioneering and valuable contribution to the literature on Islam in Southeast Asia.
— Martin Rudner, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus, Carleton University, Canada
A comprehensive study of how Muslims in Myanmar, Thailand and the Philippines reacted to becoming minority communitiesin Buddhist and Christian polities, especially during the past two centuries. Its publication is illuminating and most timely.
— Wang Gungwu, National University of Singapore