Based on Malay manuscripts and publications, this book examines the relationship between sex and Islamic spirituality since the seventeenth century in Southeast Asia.
There are few studies on the historical relationship between gender and Islam in Southeast Asia. This book argues that between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries - before the formalisation of sharia laws - Islam was heavily influenced by elements of enchantment...
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