The Qur'an in the Malay-Indonesian World

Majid Daneshgar is Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand. His research focuses on Islam in the Malay-Indonesian World, and Islam and Science in the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Peter G. Riddell is Vice Principal (Academic) at the Melbourne School of Theology and Professorial Research Associate in History at SOAS, the University of London. He has published widely on the study of Southeast Asia, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations. Andrew Rippin is Professor Emeritus of Islamic history at the University of Victoria, Canada and Senior Research Fellow of Qur'anic studies at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London.

Introduction MAJID DANESHGAR, PETER G. RIDDELL, ANDREW RIPPIN

The Study of Qurʾān Interpretation in the Malay-Indonesian World: A Select Bibliography MAJID DANESHGAR

PART I HISTORY

1 Classical Tafsīr in the Malay World: Emerging Trends in 17th Century Malay Exegetical Writing PETER G. RIDDELL

2 Qurʾanic Translations in Malay, Javanese and Sundanese: A Commentary or Substitution? ERVAN NURTAWAB

PART II REGIONS

3 Qurʾanic Interpretation in Thailand MUSTAFA ABDULLAH

4 The Pursuit of New Interpretive Approaches to the Qurʾān in Contemporary Indonesia IZZA ROHMAN

5 The Emergence of Qurʾanic Exegesis in Malaysia HAZIYAH HUSSIN

PART III THEMES

6 Religious Freedom in Malaysia: The reading of Qurʾān 2:256

MOHD FAIZAL MUSA

7 What’s Modern about Modern Tafsīr? A Closer Look at Hamka’s Tafsir al-Azhar MUN’IM SIRRY

8 Dhū l-Qarnayn in Modern Malay Commentaries and other Literature on Qurʾanic Themes MAJID DANESHGAR

9 Intersections of the Qurʾān and Science in Contemporary Malaysia CHRISTOPHER A. FURLOW