A review by robinwalter
Islam and Colonialism: Becoming Modern in Indonesia and Malaya by Muhamad Ali

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

Another excellent example of the value of the Storygraph's "Read the World Challenge", reading because ABOUT a place by writers FROM that place. This one was a dense examination of the impact of colonialism on Islam in  what is now Indonesia and Malasia, and it was fascinating reading. Clearly laid out and well argued, it was detailed and very nuanced.  The structure of the analyses was interesting too, outlining both the similarities and the difference between the Dutch approach in what is now Indonesia and the British in what is now Malaysia