Religion in Southeast Asia by Athyal Jesudas; Athyal Jesudas M.;

Author:Athyal, Jesudas; Athyal, Jesudas M.;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2015-03-04T16:00:00+00:00

Further Reading

Doorn-Harder, P. V. Women Shaping Islam: Indonesian Women Reading the Qur’an. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2006.

Jamhari, and I. Ropi, eds. Citra perempuan dalam Islam: Pandangan ormas keagamaan. Jakarta: GramediaPustakaUtama, PPIM-UIN Jakarta & Ford Foundation, 2003.

MYANMAR (BURMA)

Myanmar (Burma) is a Southeast Asian country that borders India, Bangladesh, Laos, Thailand, and China, a country Rudyard Kipling described as a land quite unlike any other. The land Marco Polo referred to as “The Golden land,” a land of legend, golden pagodas, and glorious temples, has recently drawn global media attention resulting from the people’s response to authoritative military rule, including the emergence of minority ethnic liberation struggles and the “Saffron Revolution” of 2007, a protest struggle led by Buddhist monks. The country has also received attention as a consequence of the destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis in 2008. Media attention is also drawn to the figure of Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of the founder of Burmese independence in 1948, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, and prominent opposition political leader who spent 15 years under house arrest prior to her release in 2010. If identity is in part captured in a name, then we immediately sense a tension when discussing this ancient land. In 1989, the military junta renamed Burma “Myanmar,” an act that remains contentious and indicates the complexity of national identity in the midst of ethnic and religious diversity. The population of Myanmar is estimated at over 60 million, including multiple ethnic and linguistic groups of which Burman is the majority. The capital of Myanmar changed from Yangon/Rangoon to Nypyidaw in 2009. Speculation regarding this change in location is widespread, though the building of a spectacular new Buddhist pagoda to legitimize the change highlights the significance of the deep-rooted historical association of Buddhism within Myanmar.

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