Raffles and Religion : A Study of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles' Discourse on Religions Amongst Malays (Syed Muhd Khairuddin Aljunied)
Description
ISBN: 9839541390
Author: Syed Muhd Khairuddin Aljunied
Publisher: The Other Press, Islamic Book Trust (2004)
Pages: 124 Binding: Paperback
Description from the publisher:
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) is the most well-known colonial administrator in the history of Southeast Asia. Entire writings have been devoted on him and he has been the subject of a comprehensive bibliography. Yet none of these works made any extensive analysis of his discourse on the religions of the people he perceived as 'Malays'. This book attempts to fill this gap, examining in detail Raffles' thoughts on the 'various religions' of the Malays.