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Ethnic Diversity and the Nation-State in the 21st Century

LA112642

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Ethnic Diversity and the Nation-State in the 21st Century

[Article]

Francis Kok Wah Loh

Leiden

Brill

The cause of conflict in multi-ethnic and multi-religious societies is not diversity in and of itself. Instead, it is one's attitude towards diversity. Do we share political power and economic development with the regions and minority communities? Do we respect and recognise the cultural identities of minorities? This requires that the nation-state building process be imagined in more inclusive civic territorial lines rather than exclusive ethnic-genealogical lines. With the above as a backdrop, the article explores the status of the Christian minority in Malay-Islamic majority Malaysia and the plight of the Rohingyas in Bamar-Buddhist majority Myanmar. The cause of conflict in multi-ethnic and multi-religious societies is not diversity in and of itself. Instead, it is one's attitude towards diversity. Do we share political power and economic development with the regions and minority communities? Do we respect and recognise the cultural identities of minorities? This requires that the nation-state building process be imagined in more inclusive civic territorial lines rather than exclusive ethnic-genealogical lines. With the above as a backdrop, the article explores the status of the Christian minority in Malay-Islamic majority Malaysia and the plight of the Rohingyas in Bamar-Buddhist majority Myanmar.

2021

28-49

International Journal of Asian Christianity

4/1

2542-4246

Christians in Malaysia

ethno-religious conflict in Southeast Asia

inclusive vs exclusive nations

inter-ethnic inter-faith dialogue

Rohingyas in Myanmar

Francis Kok Wah Loh

10.1163/25424246-04010003

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[Article]

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