ISLAMIC ARCHIVESPreliminary Statement on a General Theory of the Islamization of the Malay-Indonesian ArchipelagoSyed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas

Published: 1969
Published in: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Kuala Lumpur
Language: English
Type: Essay
Pages: 36
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PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY SUFISM 1947–1979

Preliminary Statement on a General Theory of the Islamization of the Malay-Indonesian Archipelago

Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas

Proposes that the coming of Islam marked a decisive intellectual and spiritual transformation of the Malay world, displacing earlier Hindu-Buddhist worldviews with a rational and metaphysical one.

Keywords: Islamization, Malay-Indonesian Archipelago, Malay history, Hindu-Buddhist worldview

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al-Attas, Syed Muhammad Naquib. Preliminary Statement on a General Theory of the Islamization of the Malay-Indonesian Archipelago. Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Kuala Lumpur. 1969. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/works/al-attas-preliminary-statement-on-a-general-theory-of-the/