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Unilateral Conversion of Minors to Islam: Legal Discourse and Muslim Converts’ Narrative on Custody and Religious Rights in Malaysia 未成年人单方面皈依伊斯兰教:马来西亚法律话语与穆斯林皈依者关于监护权和宗教权利的叙述

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Kajian Malaysia Pub Date : 2022-04-27 DOI: 10.21315/km2022.40.1.4

Azlan Shah Nabees Khan, M. Samuri

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Self-Rehabilitation Through Dance: An Ethnographic Study on Candy Girls Breast Cancer Survivor Group in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 通过舞蹈自我康复:马来西亚吉隆坡糖果女孩乳腺癌幸存者群体的人种志研究

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Kajian Malaysia Pub Date : 2022-04-27 DOI: 10.21315/km2022.40.1.3

Premalatha A P Thiagarajan, Mohammad Khairi Mokthar

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Rethinking Visions of “Unity” and “Belonging”: Insights into Audience Responses Towards Popular Music of Malaysia’s Indigenous Ethnic Communities – A Case of Iban Pop Song “团结”与“归属感”的再思考:马来西亚原住民社群对流行音乐的听众反应——以伊班流行歌曲为例

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Kajian Malaysia Pub Date : 2022-04-27 DOI: 10.21315/km2022.40.1.6

Collin Jerome, S. Ting, Esther John Perry

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The Xaverian Journey: The Story of a Lasallian School in Penang, Malaysia 1787–2019 (Book review) 《泽维尔之旅:马来西亚槟城一所喇沙修士学校1787年至2019年的故事》(书评)

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Kajian Malaysia Pub Date : 2022-04-27 DOI: 10.21315/km2022.40.1.11

Chee-Seng Tan

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China in Malaysia: State-Business Relations and the New Order of Investment Flows (Book review) 中国在马来西亚:国家-商业关系和投资流动的新秩序(书评)

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Kajian Malaysia Pub Date : 2022-04-27 DOI: 10.21315/km2022.40.1.12

Y. Chin

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Faktor Kemudahterancaman Multidimensi bagi Kumpulan B40 di Wilayah Kelantan Selatan

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Kajian Malaysia Pub Date : 2022-04-27 DOI: 10.21315/km2022.40.1.8

Nor Zuriati Amani Ab Rani, Rospidah Ghazali, Mohd. Khairi Ismail

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Ayam Sebagai Rujukan Makna Inkuisitif Berhati-hati, Sia-Sia dan Khianat Dalam Peribahasa Melayu

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Kajian Malaysia Pub Date : 2022-04-27 DOI: 10.21315/km2022.40.1.9

Muhammad Zaid Daud, Mary Fatimah Subet

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Nilai-nilai Murni Dalam Cerita Legenda di Lembangan Sungai Pengkalan Datu, Kelantan

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Kajian Malaysia Pub Date : 2022-04-27 DOI: 10.21315/km2022.40.1.10

Mohd Firdaus Che Yaacob

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A Case Study of Malaysian Teachers’ Practice of Play-based Learning in Preschool 马来西亚幼儿教师游戏学习实践之个案研究

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Kajian Malaysia Pub Date : 2022-04-27 DOI: 10.21315/km2022.40.1.2

San Li Kheioh, Hui Min Low

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Rent-seeking Practices in the Housing Development Approval Process 房屋发展审批程序中的寻租行为

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Kajian Malaysia Pub Date : 2021-10-29 DOI: 10.21315/km2021.39.2.2

Abdul-Rashid Abdul-Aziz, Suhaila Ali

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