History Of Islam In Malaysia

From the 13th through the 17th century sunni islam carried chiefly by arab and indian merchants spread widely through peninsular and insular southeast asia.

History of islam in malaysia. Nazeer ahmed phd sandwiched between the island of sumatra and the malay peninsula the strait of malacca is the artery for commerce between china japan india arabia and east africa. Two hundred years later in c e. The islam in malaysia was influenced by previous religions and was originally not orthodox. The new religion offered equal opportunity social advancement through spiritual devotion which ultimately challenged but did not entirely eliminate the power of the traditional elites.

Islam was introduced by traders arriving from arabia china and the indian. Out of eleven south east asian countries myanmar laos vietnam cambodia thailand and singapore are predominantly buddhist then brunei indonesia and malaysia are predominantly muslim while the only philippines and timor lorosae are catholic. Nazeer ahmed phd wrote in the encyclopedia of islamic history. Nazeer ahmed phd wrote in the encyclopedia of islamic history.

The establishment of the islamic university in malaysia had started before independence. Malaysia introduction of islam into contributed by prof. Malaysia malaysia the advent of islam. Malaysia is a country whose most professed religion is islam as of 2013 there were approximately 19 5 million muslim adherents or 61 3 of the population.

Before diving into the history of islam in malaysia lets briefly talk about the state of religion in southeast asia. Around the year 1390 a prince from java parameswara was forced to flee his homeland. 878 islam was embraced by people along the coast of peninsular malaysia including the port of kelang which was a well known trading centre. The islam in malaysia was influenced by previous religions and was originally not orthodox.

Around the year 1390 a prince from java parameswara was forced to flee his homeland. International islamic university malaysia jalan gombak 53110 kuala lumpur malaysia abstract. The spread of islam to the malay world a term used to refer to the majority of malay muslim dominated nations such as indonesia malaysia brunei and the minority malay muslim population of vietnam. Islam in malaysia is represented by the shafi i version of sunni theology and jurisprudence while defining malaysia constitutionally a secular state.