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Early twentieth-century Malaya witnessed the emergence of Islamic reformist movement. Inspired by ‘Muhammad Abduh, Malay reformists, epitomized by the prominent Malay reformist of Hadhrami descent, Sayyid Ahmad al-Hadi discontented with the socio-economic and political conditions of the Malays and criticised the Malay ruling elites and called for