Occasional Paper Series

Singapore’s Muslim Community: A Moral Voice? Comparative Perspectives on Integration in a Global Age

This paper is based on the author’s presentation on “Muslim Minorities and the Prospect for Integration: Perspectives from North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia”. It was an event organized by the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) and the Centre for Research on Islamic and Malay Affairs (RIMA) held on May 31, 2012.

To Post or Not To Post? Multiculturalism in the Social Media

This OPS examines recent development in the social media sphere and its impact on the Singapore Malay/Muslim community and the inter-ethnic relations as a whole. This paper is based on an edited transcription of papers delivered during the Community in Review 2012 seminar by the same titled held on 10 March 2012.

Contemporary Islamic Orientations in the Age of Globalisation

This paper is a revision of earlier paper presented as part of the Islamic Studies Program organized by the Centre for Research of Islamic and Malay Affairs (RIMA) and the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) in November 2008.

Challenges of Social Reconstruction in the Muslim World

Based on an edited transcription of papers delivered in public seminars organized between 2004 and 2007, RIMA Occasional Paper Series No.7 focusses at key issues around social reconstruction pertaining in Malay/Muslim community in Singapore

Keadaan Sosiologi Masyarakat Melayu

This paper is an edited translation of a lecture delivered by Dr Syed Farid Alatas in English entitled “The State of Malay Sociology in Singapore” on 18 November 1995 organized by the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP).

Self-Help and National Integration

This paper is an edited transciption of the proceedings of a seminar by the same title on 10 June 1995 at the National University of Singapore. The seminar speakers examined the role of self-help groups and their impact on national integration, reviewed the pros and cons of the ethnic self-help approach vis-à-vis multi-racialism in Singapore and debated the future of self-help groups in Singapore.

The New Malay: His Role and Future

This paper is a transcription of a lecture delivered by Professor Syed Hussein Alatas on 21 January 1995 at the National University of Singapore. The concept of “Melayu Baru” or “New Malay” gained prominence at a time when the Singapore Malay society is entering a new phase of development. But what does the concept of the “New Malay” mean?

The Future of Civil Society in Singapore

This paper is an edited transcription of the proceedings of a seminar by the same title on 4 May 1996 at the Boulevard Hotel Singapore organized by the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), Singapore.

Factors Affecting Malay/Muslim Pupils’ Performance in Education

This paper is a revision of an earlier draft that was presented at a seminar organized by the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) on 10 December 1994 at Royal Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza Hotel, Singapore. This paper presents the findings of a research study on factors affecting Malay/Muslim pupils’ performance in education.