Islam and Muslims in Brunei

Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan
Population: 450 thousand (July 2018 est.)
Muslims Percent: 78.8% (approx. 355 thousand)

The golden history of Islam in Brunei

The First Sultan of Sarawak and His Links to Brunei and the Sambas Dynasty, 1599–1826: A Little-known Pre-Brooke History - Ib Larsen, 2012 [PDF]

Rebellion in Brunei: The 1962 Revolt, Imperialism, Confrontation and Oil - Harun Abdul Majid, 2007 [PDF] [Cached]

Two Descriptions of Brunei in the Ming Period - Liu Yingsheng, PG.Karim, PG.Osman, 2015 [PDF]

A Brunei Sultan of the Early Fourteenth Century - Chen Da-sheng, March 1992 [PDF]

NEWS
05/04/2019 This Is What It's Like to Be Gay in Brunei, Where Homosexuality Is Now Punishable by Being Stoned to Death - Time
04/04/2019 The Sultan of Brunei: Opulence, Power and Hard-Line Islam - New York Times
03/04/2019 Brunei enacts new penal code as sultan calls for 'stronger' Islam - Al Jazeera
04/06/2018 Islam in Brunei Darussalam - Borneo Bulletin
29/05/2018 450 embrace Islam annually in Brunei - Borneo Bulletin
09/04/2018 Upholding Islam, Brunei’s official religion - Borneo Bulletin
07/11/2017 Brunei Joins Fintech Race - Fintechnews Singapore
20/03/2017 King Salman’s Return to Brunei Two Decades Later - Fair Observer, USA
23/12/2015 Somalia and Brunei ban Christmas celebrations - Al Jazeera
13/08/2015 All pray and no work: An autocratic sultanate turns more devout as oil money declines - The Economist
29/05/2014 Brunei: When Sharia serves the sultan and US media - Al Jazeera
10/05/2014 The sex-obsessed world of Brunei - New York Post
30/04/2014 Sultan of Brunei unveils strict sharia penal code - The Guardian
30/04/2014 Brunei adopts 'phase one' of Islamic law - Al Jazeera
19/07/2007 Sultan Haji Hassanul Bolkiah of Brunei Foundation donation for Islam scam - Baheyeldin.com

SEE ALSO

Islam in Brunei - Wikipedia

List of mosques in Brunei - Wikipedia

Brunei - Wikipedia

White Rajahs - Wikipedia

Brunei and Malaysia - Wikipedia

Brunei News - Al Jazeera


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