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Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid

Malaysia

English, Malay

Islam, politics, Islamic movements, Malaysia, Darul Arqam

Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the School of Distance Education (SDE), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in Penang, Malaysia, where he has been attached to since completing his doctoral studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, in July 1998.

Earlier, he had graduated from the University of Oxford (B.A. Hons. Philosophy, Politics and Economics) and the University of Leeds (M.A. Politics of International Resources and Development).

His main interest lies in the field of political Islam. He has presented papers at numerous international conferences in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Germany, China, the USA, Vietnam and Australia.

In April – September 2008, he collaborated with international colleagues in a research project, Transnational Islam in South and Southeast Asia: Movements, Networks and Conflict Dynamics, sponsored by the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), USA. His output, ‘Transnational Islam in Malaysia’, has been published as a chapter in a volume, Transnational Islam in South and Southeast Asia: Movements, Networks and Conflict Dynamics (Seattle: NBR, 2009).

In 2008-09 also, he completed visiting fellowships at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, and the Asia Research Institute (ARC), Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. During his sabbatical leave outside Malaysia, he presented papers at his host institutions and at academic events held at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) and the Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore (NUS) in Singapore and at the Japan International Cooperation Agency Research Institute (JICA-RI), Tokyo.

He has published internationally in such journals as Studia Islamika (Jakarta), Indonesia and the Malay World (London), Islamic Culture (Hyderabad), The Islamic Quarterly (London), Kajian Malaysia (Penang), Asian Studies Review (Brisbane), Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs (Canberra), Southeast Asian Studies (Kyoto), Journal of Asian and African Studies (London), Contemporary Southeast Asia (Singapore), ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia (Hamburg) and Islamic Studies (Islamabad), of which he is also a member of its International Advisory Board. He has also authored many book chapters and international research papers. His recent works are listed in the publications list below.

Journal articles:

1) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (1999), 'New Trends of Islamic Resurgence in Contemporary Malaysia: Sufi-Revivalism, Messianism and Economic Activism', Studia Islamika: Indonesian Journal for Islamic Studies (Jakarta), vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 1-74.
2) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid, Dr., (1999), 'The Making of Nation-States in The Arab World: The Roles of Oil, Islam and Arab Nationalism', IKIM Journal (Kuala Lumpur), vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 19-43.
3) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (1999), 'Development in the Post-Colonial State: Class, Capitalism and the Islamist Political Alternative in Malaysia', Kajian Malaysia: Journal of Malaysian Studies (Penang), vol. XVII, no. 2, pp. 21-57.
4) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2000), 'Political Dimensions of Religious Conflict in Malaysia: State Response to an Islamic Movement', Indonesia and the Malay World (London), vol. 28, no. 80, pp. 32-65.
5) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid, Dr., (2000), 'The Geopolitics of Oil in the Twentieth Century and its Impact on Muslim Societies, States and Development', IKIM Journal (Kuala Lumpur), vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 11-36.
6) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2001), 'Pemerintah dan Gerakan Islam di Malaysia' (The Authorities and Islamic Movements in Malaysia), Pemikir (Kuala Lumpur), no. 23, January - March, pp. 111-158.
7) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2001), 'Diverse Approaches to Rural Development in Malaysia: The FELDA and Darul Arqam Land Settlement Regimes’, Islamic Culture (Hyderabad), vol. LXXV, no. 2, pp. 57-92.
8) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid, Dr., (2001), 'Islamic Resurgence: An Overview of Causal Factors, A Review of “Ummatic” Linkages', IKIM Journal (Kuala Lumpur), vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 15-47.
9) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2001), ‘Sufi Undercurrents in Islamic Revivalism: Traditional, Post-Traditional and Modern Images of Islamic Activism in Malaysia – Part 1’, The Islamic Quarterly (London), vol. LXV, no. 2, pp. 119-137.
10) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2001), ‘Sufi Undercurrents in Islamic Revivalism: Traditional, Post-Traditional and Modern Images of Islamic Activism in Malaysia – Part 2’, The Islamic Quarterly (London), vol. LXV, no. 3, pp. 177-198.
11) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2002), ‘The Impact of Sufism in Pre-colonial Malaysia: An Overview of Interpretations’, Islamic Studies (Islamabad), vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 467-493.
12) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid, Dr., (2002), 'The Formative Years of The Dakwah Movement: Origins, Causes and Manifestations of Islamic Resurgence in Malaysia', IKIM Journal (Kuala Lumpur), vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 87-124.
13) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2003), ‘Inter-Movement Tension among Resurgent Muslims in Malaysia: Response to the State Clampdown on Darul Arqam in 1994’, Asian Studies Review (Brisbane), vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 361-387.
14) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid, Dr., (2003), 'The Maturation of Dakwah in Malaysia: Divergence and Convergence in the Methods of Islamic Movements in the 1980s', IKIM Journal (Kuala Lumpur), vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 59-97.
15) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2003), 'The Taqwa Versus Quwwah Dichotomy: An Islamic Critique of Development via the Malaysian Bumiputera Policy', Kajian Malaysia: Journal of Malaysian Studies (Penang), vol. XXI, nos. 1 & 2, special issue ‘The Bumiputera Policy’: Dynamics and Dilemmas’ edited by Richard Mason and Ariffin S.M. Omar, pp. 123-162.
16) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2004), ‘Islam, Weberism and Economic Development: An Adjunct to Nagata’s Outline of the Arqam Experiment in Malaysia (1969-1994)’, Global Change, Peace and Security (Abingdon), vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 169-179.
17) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2004), ‘The Impact of British Colonialism on Malaysian Islam: An Interpretive Account’, Islam and the Modern Age (New Delhi), vol. XXXV, no. 2, pp. 21-46.
18) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2005), ‘The Banning of Darul Arqam in Malaysia’, Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs (Canberra), vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 87-128.
19) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2006), ‘Southeast Asian Response to the Clampdown on the Darul Arqam Movement in Malaysia, 1994-2000’, Islamic Studies (Islamabad), vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 83-119.
20) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2007), ‘Patterns of State Interaction with Islamic Movements in Malaysia during the Formative Years of Islamic Resurgence’, Southeast Asian Studies (Kyoto), vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 444-465.
21) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2007), ‘Malay Anti-Colonialism in British Malaya: A Re-appraisal of Independence Fighters of Peninsular Malaysia’, Journal of Asian and African Studies (London), vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 371-398.
22) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2008), ‘Islamist Realignments and the Rebranding of the Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia‘, Contemporary Southeast Asia (Singapore), vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 215-240.
23) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2009), ‘Repoliticisation of Islam in Southeast Asia’, ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia (Hamburg), no. 110, pp. 44-67.

Books and published working papers:

1) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid and Ishak Che Long (1999), 7 Langkah Sistematik Menulis Esei: Penulisan esei ilmiah berpandukan contoh-contoh esei ekonomi Universiti Oxford (Seven Systematic Steps of Essay-Writing based on University of Oxford model essays), Penang: ALMS Consulting (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
2) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid, Dr. (1999), Malaysia Daulah Pemuda Bani Tamim: Rahsia Keagungan Ummah (The Malaysian State of the Youth of Bani Tamim), Kuala Lumpur: Abuku Hebat.
3) K. Ramanathan and Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2006), Inter-Party Competition and Electoral Campaigning in Rural Malaysia: The Pendang and Anak Bukit By-Elections of 2002, Working Paper Series No. 15, Kota Samarahan: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS).
4) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2007), Islam and Violence in Malaysia, Working Paper Series No. 124, Singapore: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University.
5) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2007), Southeast Asian Response to the Clampdown on the Darul Arqam Movement in Malaysia, 1994-2000, Occasional Paper No. 73, Islamabad: Islamic Research Institute.
6) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2008), The Islamic Opposition in Malaysia: New Trajectories and Directions?, Working Paper Series No. 151, Singapore: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University.
7) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2009), The Implementation of Islamic Law in Contemporary Malaysia: Prospects and Problems, Working Paper Series No. 169, Singapore: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University.
8) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2009), The New Challenges of Political Islam in Malaysia, Working Paper Series No. 154, Perth: Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University.

Chapters in books / monographs / proceedings:

1) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2002), 'An Islamicist’s View of an Islamic State and its Relevance to a Multi-Racial Society', in Harold Crouch, Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid, Carmen A. Abubakar and Yang Razali Kassim, Islam in Southeast Asia: Analysing Recent Developments, Trends in Southeast Asia monograph series, No. 1, January 2002, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), pp. 9–16.
2) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2002), 'Minda Dunia Melayu-Islam Menurut Pemikiran Ustaz Ashaari Muhammad', in Abdullah Hassan (ed.), Prosiding Persidangan Antarabangsa Pengajian Melayu Beijing Ke-2, Jilid 1: Agama, Budaya, Pendidikan, Ekonomi, Sejarah dan Seni (Proceedings of The Second International Malay Studies Conference, Volume 1: Religion, Culture, Education, Economics, History and Art), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, pp. 8-13.
3) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2005), ‘Medan Penulisan Ilmiah: Faktor Pendorong dan Langkah-langkah’, in Prosiding Kolokium Siswazah 2005, Penang: School of Distance Education USM, pp. 1-8.
4) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2005), ‘The Strategy of Islamic Education in Malaysia: An Islamic Movement’s Experience’, in S. Yunanto, et.al, Islamic Education in South and Southeast Asia (Diversity, Problems and Strategy), Jakarta: The Ridep Institute and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, pp. 171-204.
5) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2005), ‘Strategi Pendidikan Islam di Malaysia: Berkaca Kepada Pengalaman Gerakan Islam’, in S. Yunanto, et.al, Pendidikan Islam di Asia Tenggara dan Asia Selatan (Keragaman, Permasalahan dan Strategi), Jakarta: The Ridep Institute and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, pp. 189-221.
6) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2006), 'The UMNO-PAS Struggle: Analysis of PAS’s Defeat in 2004', in Saw Swee-Hock and K. Kesavapany (eds.), Malaysia: Recent Trends and Challenges, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), pp. 100–131.
7) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2006), 'The Futuristic Thought of Ustaz Ashaari Muhammad of Malaysia', in Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi’ (ed.), The Blackwell Companion to Contemporary Islamic Thought, Malden and Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, pp. 195–212.
8) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2009), ‘Transnational Islam in Malaysia’, in Peter Mandaville, Farish A. Noor, Alexander Horstmann, Dietrich Reetz, Ali Riaz, Animesh Roul, Noorhaidi Hassan, Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid, Rommel C. Banlaoi, and Joseph C. Liow, Transnational Islam in South and Southeast Asia: Movements, Networks and Conflict Dynamics, Seattle: The National Bureau of Asian Research, pp. 141-165.

Academic and semi-academic bulletin articles:

1) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2001), 'Transnational Issues in Islamic Revivalism: Southeast Asian Response to a Malaysian-based Islamic Movement', abstract of paper read at the International Conference on Southeast Asian Religious Mosaic in the 3rd Millennium, Southeast Asian Studies Bulletin (Quezon City) 2/01, October-November, pp. 14, 23-24.
2) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2003), ‘Apocalypse Now? War and Peace: An Eschatological View’, Aliran Monthly (Penang), vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 13-15.
3) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2003), ‘Reforming PAS?’, Aliran Monthly (Penang), vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 11-13.

Newspaper and magazine articles:

1) Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2002), ‘Malaysian democracy won the day amidst fire and brimstone’, New Sunday Times, 18 August 2002.