Islam, Politics and Youth in Malaysia The pop-Islamist reinvention of PAS

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of figures
Acknowledgments
A note on names, pseudonyms and spelling
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Conceptual framework: Islamism, post-Islamism or pop-Islamism?
	The evolutionary logic of post-Islamism
	The second wave of Islamism
2 The politics of Islam in Malaysia
	Ethnicity and Islam in the Malaysian nation state
	May 13—the ‘Race Riots’ of 1969
	The New Economic Policy (NEP)
	The Islamist turn: Malay political counterculture in the 1970s and 1980s
	The Islamist turn within PAS and UMNO in the 1980s
	Carrot, stick and martyrdom: the escalation of the UMNO–PAS rivalry
	The detention of Anwar Ibrahim and the reformasi movement
	The post-Mahathir era: ‘Pak Lah’ and the short-lived Islam Hadhari project
	Islam Hadhari, Islamic State, or both?
	Najib Tun Razak: ‘One Malaysia’?
	Shadows of the past—the political atmosphere today
	Future prospects for PAS and Pakatan Rakyat
	The PAS Youth and Pakatan Rakyat
3 The Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) and its Youth Wing
	The organizational structure of PAS and its Youth Wing
		The Executive Central Committee
		Bureaus and departments
		The Syura Council
		A footnote on realities beyond formal structure
	The role of youth in the history and contemporary development of PAS
		The ‘threat from the mountain’: Kaum Muda and the formation of PAS
		Ideological transformations in PAS’ history
		Internationalist influences: the rise and fall of PAS’ Iran connection
		Islamic struggle post-reformasi: recent developments in PAS
	PAS and the non-Muslims: the rise of Dewan Himpunan Penyokong PAS
		Islamic authority and internal factions: the privileged role of ulama in PAS
		Young ulama within the PAS Youth
		Diversity and internal contestation: ‘ulama’, ‘professionals’ and ‘activists’, or ‘Erdogans’ and ‘Erbakans’?
		Islamic State, Caring State, Caliphate?
		Between norm and transgression: discipline, loyalty and criticism
		Formation of the PAS Youth
		Membership in the PAS Youth
		The educational background of PAS Youth Executive Central Committee members (2009–11)
		In the shadow of AUKU—PAS supporters on campus
		Campus Islam in Malaysia
		Islamic students abroad: HIZBI and PMRAM
		Pro-PAS students in the United Kingdom
		Pro-PAS students in Egypt
4 The pop-Islamist reinvention of PAS: anthropological observations
	The modernization of dakwah: approaching the youth
		Learning the ‘truth’, negotiating the path: usrah study circles
		Saving souls on New Year’s Eve: XPDC Dakwah
		The Youth is Our Gang
		Dakwah on motorbikes: The Alternative Riding Club (ARC)
	The PAS Youth’s appropriation of new media
		The campaign against adultery, alcohol and extramarital sex
		To sing or not to sing? PAS’ new approach to pop culture
	Negotiating anti-Westernism and Islamic consumption: the religious marketization of PAS
		Criticisms of capitalism, materialism and the West in PAS discourse
		Material culture in a political Islamic environment: the PAS commodityscape
		PAS product promotion and Islamist celebrity advertising
		‘Dakwah is like marketing!’ Rebranding the Islamic struggle
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index