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Chinese ways of being Muslim: negotiating ethnicity and religiosity in Indonesia

Chinese ways of being Muslim: negotiating ethnicity and religiosity in Indonesia ASIAN ETHNICITY 2019, VOL. 20, NO. 2, 262–265 BOOK REVIEWS Chinese ways of being Muslim: negotiating ethnicity and religiosity in Indonesia, by Hew Wai Weng, Copenhagen, NIAS Press, 2018, 305 pp., £22.50 (paperback), ISBN: 9788776942113 After the end of three decades of Suharto’s New Order regime in 1998, the Indonesian society began to push for more freedoms. The gradual relaxation of the laws led to the rejuvenation of religious manifestations as well as to rediscovering of ethnocultural heritage by many of those, who did not want to stand out of the crowd during the Suharto’s regime. Especially for Chinese, their ‘Chineseness’ was seen as problem undermining nation’s solidarity (p. 50). Hew Wai Weng, a fellow at the Institute of Malaysia and international Studies at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, gives a fascinating insight into what it means to be Chinese Muslim in Indonesia and what challenges and internal struggles may such person endure. After the decades of ethnic tensions in Indonesia, Hew offers an interesting account of numerous strategies that try to mitigate the prejudices towards the Chinese minority in contemporary Indonesia. Chinese Ways of Being Muslim is divided into eight chapters, with the last one serving as a short conclusion http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Ethnicity Taylor & Francis

Chinese ways of being Muslim: negotiating ethnicity and religiosity in Indonesia

Lavička, Martin
Asian Ethnicity , Volume 20 (2): 2 – Apr 3, 2019
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Chinese ways of being Muslim: negotiating ethnicity and religiosity in Indonesia

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ASIAN ETHNICITY 2019, VOL. 20, NO. 2, 262–265 BOOK REVIEWS Chinese ways of being Muslim: negotiating ethnicity and religiosity in Indonesia, by Hew Wai Weng, Copenhagen, NIAS Press, 2018, 305 pp., £22.50 (paperback), ISBN: 9788776942113 After the end of three decades of Suharto’s New Order regime in 1998, the Indonesian society began to push for more freedoms. The gradual relaxation of the laws led to the rejuvenation of religious manifestations as well as to rediscovering...
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© 2018 Martin Lavička
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1469-2953
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1463-1369
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10.1080/14631369.2018.1501268
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ASIAN ETHNICITY 2019, VOL. 20, NO. 2, 262–265 BOOK REVIEWS Chinese ways of being Muslim: negotiating ethnicity and religiosity in Indonesia, by Hew Wai Weng, Copenhagen, NIAS Press, 2018, 305 pp., £22.50 (paperback), ISBN: 9788776942113 After the end of three decades of Suharto’s New Order regime in 1998, the Indonesian society began to push for more freedoms. The gradual relaxation of the laws led to the rejuvenation of religious manifestations as well as to rediscovering of ethnocultural heritage by many of those, who did not want to stand out of the crowd during the Suharto’s regime. Especially for Chinese, their ‘Chineseness’ was seen as problem undermining nation’s solidarity (p. 50). Hew Wai Weng, a fellow at the Institute of Malaysia and international Studies at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, gives a fascinating insight into what it means to be Chinese Muslim in Indonesia and what challenges and internal struggles may such person endure. After the decades of ethnic tensions in Indonesia, Hew offers an interesting account of numerous strategies that try to mitigate the prejudices towards the Chinese minority in contemporary Indonesia. Chinese Ways of Being Muslim is divided into eight chapters, with the last one serving as a short conclusion

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