South Asian Elements in Malaysian Islam with a Discussion on the Indian Ocean as an Intermediate Zone of Cultural Communication
Historically,Indian traders and Sufi missionaries played a significant role in introducing Islam to Southeast Asia.The international academic community has conducted in-depth research on this topic,highlighting the Indian Ocean's role as an intermediate zone for the exchange of civilization.During the British Raj,Islamic sects with distinctive South Asian characteristics were largely established.Among Islamic sectarians of South Asia,the Deoband and its affiliated Tabligh Jamaat,the Chishti Sabiri Sufiorder and Qadriyah Sufiorder named Dawat-e-Islami of Barelvi,Ahmadiyya,Shi'a and Ahl al-Hadith,developed various connections with the region now known as Malaysia.The Islamic connection between South Asia and Southeast Asia was a unidirectional process of South Asian influence.This communication effectively utilized South Asian social networks and local knowledge,continuing to this day with pronounced dislocated and spiritual characteristics.Observing the transmission routes of Islam,South Asia can be a cultural intermediary between the Arab world and the Southeast Asian Malay Islamic world.Considering the classifications and traits of South Asian Islam(primarily from India and Pakistan),its connections and influences on Malaysia are structural,offering the academic community a perspective to observe interactions between different regions or transnational Islamic interactions.Studying South Asia's influence on Malaysian Islam is of significant practical importance for understanding the history and development dynamics of Islam in Malaysia.
South AsiaMalaysiaIslamConnectionCultural Intermediate Zone
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