Islamisation harmonious during Dr Mahathir-Anwar era, says scholar


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Dr Maszlee Malik of the International Islamic University Malaysia says Islamisation in Malaysia now is being carried out to safeguard political interests. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, January 20, 2018.

ISLAMISATION that began during former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s tenure brought about positive changes in various sectors, including education and the economy, said a religious expert.

International Islamic University Malaysia’s (IIUM) Dr Maszlee Malik said the move towards Islamisation, initiated by Dr Mahathir and Anwar Ibrahim, who was his deputy from 1993 to 1998, was aimed at prospering the people and raising the status of Islam, not safeguarding political interests to try and retain power, as it is now.


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  • The problem.with Islamisation is the scholars are pretty much crap - not just this guy. Of course Islamisation is about political power. It's true when it was adopted by Sultans hundreds of years ago, it's true in Saudi Arabia. It's true even in Iran. It's true of Hadi's PAS and UMNO.

    The problem is the scholars cannot reconcile modern facts with religious text and those who uses it for politics get out of hand.

    Posted 6 years ago by Bigjoe Lam

  • Apart from Dr Mahathir, Dr Wan Azizah, now another Dr Maszlee the Drs that SPEAK THE TRUTH. Continue, keep speaking the truth... to wake the sleeping ones up

    Posted 6 years ago by Snowbite8281 shachu

  • Dr. Maszlee under the Ketuanan rule you have committed very serious offence. YOUR OPINION IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT U TALK WITH WITH FACTS ......KETUANAN IS NOT ABOUT FACTS AND TRUTH .....KETUANAN IS ABOUT JO LOK TAMPA ASAS.

    Posted 6 years ago by Mohanarajan murugeson

  • To credit anwar and dr. m for the lack of tumult among muslims in malaysia during their time is rich. It is like congratulating a captain for his excellence in command when the ship he commanded sailed through calm seas. The only major problem in the islamic world during Dr. Mahathir - Anwar time was the war in Bosnia, and that too was largely a civil war. The radicalisation of muslims in malaysia today is largely due to international events - like the fall of saddam' Hussein's iraq, and the still reverberating upheaval caused the arab spring, and which has destabilised almost the entire middle east, and the election of hawkish republican presidents like bush jr and trump in america. The muslims in malaysia, feeling that they are being targeted by some invisible hand ( usually they blame the zionist -american conspiracy), are closing ranks, and joining with muslims worldwide to defend themselves against the perceived effort to undermine the integrity of their community. That is the main cause for the radicalisation of the muslims in malaysia today. It is possible that the Dr.Mahathir-Anwar combo could have managed the issue of the radicalisation of muslims in malaysia today compared to Najib, but I honestly think that there is not much the head of government of a country like malaysia can do to adress a matter like this, considering its origin lies outside the control of the malaysian government.

    Posted 6 years ago by Nehru Sathiamoorthy

  • Nah…Mahathir and Anwar created the hotbeds for extremist islamisation, under compulsion to compete with PAS. That was the time we saw Jakim and Jawi were formed who now issue controversial fatwas and make irresponsible arrests of innocent people.

    Posted 6 years ago by Tanahair Ku