Politicized Institutional Islam And Changing Malay Identity – OpEd

The integral balance between custom (adat), and Islam within the Malay persona has radically changed over the last 40 years. Politicized and institutional sanctioned Islam has swung Malay culture towards a form of socio-political compliance, on a scale never seen before.

Today in Kelantan, May Yong, a form of Malay traditional...