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The Struggle to Establish Islam in PNG

Flower, Scott

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A vast literature about the religions and histories of Papua New Guinea (PNG) exists, but less than a handful of items mention the history of Islam or Muslims in PNG. This paper contributes to an initial attempt to establish a comprehensive historical account of Islam in PNG's broader history by detailing the formal establishment of Islam there from 1976 to 1983. Beginning with Islam's expatriate Muslim founders, it examines the challenges and events that led to the religion's...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorFlower, Scott
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-08T22:19:45Z
dc.identifier.issn0022-3344
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/31691
dc.description.abstractA vast literature about the religions and histories of Papua New Guinea (PNG) exists, but less than a handful of items mention the history of Islam or Muslims in PNG. This paper contributes to an initial attempt to establish a comprehensive historical account of Islam in PNG's broader history by detailing the formal establishment of Islam there from 1976 to 1983. Beginning with Islam's expatriate Muslim founders, it examines the challenges and events that led to the religion's institutionalisation and consolidation. This period of early effort provided the basis for a self-sustaining and, of late, growing religion. The ideational, material and migratory effects of globalisation and decolonisation appear as factors in the growth of Islam in PNG, despite persistent Christian resistance to its presence. The paper draws upon numerous unpublished archival records and interview data collected during fieldwork to PNG in 2007.
dc.publisherCarfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group
dc.sourceJournal of Pacific History
dc.titleThe Struggle to Establish Islam in PNG
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume44
dc.date.issued2009
local.identifier.absfor220405 - Religion and Society
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4303234xPUB85
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationFlower, Scott, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue3
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage241
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage260
local.identifier.doi10.1080/00223340903356823
dc.date.updated2015-12-08T08:24:57Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-77951519938
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