Ros Aiza Mohd MokhtarAbd Hakim MohadMohd Azhar Ibrahim ResediKhadijah MudaSiti Nor Azhani Mohd Tohar2024-05-282024-05-2820212022-2-14Mohd Mokhtar , R. A. ., Mohad, A. H., Ibrahim Residi, M. A., Muda, K. ., & Mohd Tohar, S. N. A. (2021). Religious Syncretism among the Semelai Orang Asli Muslims in Sungai Lui Village, Malaysia. Fieldwork in Religion, 16(2), 172–192. https://doi.org/10.1558/firn.212481743-0623https://doi.org/10.1558/firn.21248https://journal.equinoxpub.com/FIR/article/view/21248https://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/5142Volume: 16 No: 2 (Pg. 172-192)The Semelai are a proto-Malay Orang Asli tribe settled around Negeri Sembilan and Pahang, Malaysia. Their settlements in Negeri Sembilan are in Sungai Lui village and Sungai Sampo village in Jempol. A few of their number also settled in some areas in Bera, Pahang. A majority of this community still adhere to ancestral faiths, although some have converted to Islam since the 1990s. At the same time, practices introduced by a Buddhist shaman took root among the community over the last thirteen years. This article discusses the religious beliefs and practices of this community, especially among Muslim adherents. The study uses a qualitative approach through data collection via interviews with key informants in Sungai Lui village, Jempol. The data were later analysed through a descriptive interpretive method, and the research found that syncretism spread among the belief practices of the Semelai Muslims in Sungai Lui village following the exploits of a Buddhist shaman that succeeded in curing the chronic disease of a villager. At the same time, they still practise inherited customs and wisdoms from animist times, even after their conversion to Islam.en-USOrang Asli; Semelai; syncretism; culture; religion; MalaysiaArticle172192162