Last November, Malaysia’s fifteenth general election was described as “arguably the most historic in the country’s history. For the first time, no coalition managed to secure a parliamentary majority, resulting in a hung federal parliament.” But most significant was that the Malaysian Islamic Party (the Parti Islam Se-Malaysia – PAS) enjoyed a sweeping win. The win reflected the growth of influence of the ulema in that country, which was on a path to secularism starting in the 1950’s.
While most Westerners are asleep on the issue of historic and present Islamic expansionism, it is alive and well in many countries. In Malaysia, the Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) was also founded in the Fifties, and never lost sight of its goal to Islamize Malaysia. According to the publication European Eye on Radicalization:
the ulama had a long-term view of building upon the extensive network of traditional pondoks (religious schools), and madrasas (Quranic schools) across the region. These pondoks and madrasas had been owned and operated by families who were uztaz and uztazas (male and female Islamic teachers) going back for generations.
By 2017, Malaysia’s population was shifting to side with the ulema. Reuters reported that tens of thousands of Malaysians rallied in the capital of Kuala Lumpur “to support the adoption of a strict Islamic penal code, a proposal religious minorities fear could infringe their rights.”
With the rise of Islamization comes persecution of minorities, an inevitable result of Islamic supremacism. Then-Prime Minister Najib Razak threw his weight behind the bill, even as critics warned “that it could pave the way for full implementation of hudud, which prescribes punishments such as amputations and stoning, and disrupt the fabric of Malaysia’s multi-cultural and multi-religious society.”
Fast forward to elections in November 2022: the new Malaysian prime minister, Anwar Ibrahim, was seen as a hope, and reported by the Conversation to be considered by many “to be one of the only real Muslim democrats fighting to keep Malaysia multiracial and multicultural,” and that “many Western governments breathed a sigh of relief on seeing Anwar triumph.” But the accolades were premature. Ibrahim stated only months ago that secularism will never be recognized in his country. He included secularism as an ill, along with communism:
Sometimes these politicians will say that if Anwar becomes prime minister then Islam will be ruined, secularism and communism will gain a foothold, and LGBT will be recognised….This is a delusion. Of course, it will never happen under my administration.
In Malaysia today, “Islam has been taught as a religion of exclusion to the point where those who don’t share the same beliefs are labeled as infidels,” but the Eastern Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak are “uneasy” to the point of readiness to oppose Malaysia’s Islamization:
Sabah and Sarawak are looking on in growing concern, raising questions if they can serve as a restraint to move the country away from its dangerous slide toward religious extremism, or if they might drift toward a de facto independence
Sabah and Sarawak are the largest states in Malaysia. In 2020, Sabah had a population of 3.4 million; Sarawak’s population was 2.56 million. The fight for secularism in these significant states has been years in the making, see HERE and HERE. Given that Malaysia has a population of 33.6 million, and the determination of the ulema, it increasingly looks like historic Islamic expansionism will win another territory, yet again. In the meantime, Westerners remain willfully blind.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Oh, the Malays and the islamists will prevail. Incidentally, I reject the assertion of the article that Malaysia was on a path to secularism starting in the 1950s. They’ve had the system of Bhumiputera in place since independence, in 1957. While it ostensibly provides privileges for natives, it in fact covers muslim non native like Hui Chinese & Indian muslims, while excluding native non-muslim tribal groups. Also, Dr Mahathir Mohammed has been prime minister since the 80s, & only stepped down in 2020. Anyone who’s followed his career knows that he’s far from secular: in fact, he was one of the allies of Turkey & Pakistan when they tried forming a non-Arab bloc within the OIC
I think both Sabah & Sarawak are SOL. One of their neighbors is Brunei, which once controlled the entire coast of Borneo, and islamized it. On the other side is Indonesia, which currently has a project to move their capital to Kalimantan to a place called Nusantara, which will mean a greater importance to Borneo and make it difficult for Sabah & Sarawak to resist islamic pressures. Their population is just a fifth of Malaysia’s population, leaving them to be easily overwhelmed by Malays. That place could well become to Malaysia what Aceh is to Indonesia
Walter Sieruk says
One lie about the religion of Islam that the Western news media keep telling the public is that there are to different kinds of Islam, which are “Extremist Islam” and “Moderate Islam.”
Many scholars on Islam ,such as Brigitte Gabriel and Robert Spencer, had explain that the terms “Extremist Islam” and “Moderate Islam” Western terms and are unknown to the Islamic world. As one of their leader said “Islam is Islam”
Furthermore, a Muslim in an Islamic country would view that a Westerner would call a “Extremist Muslim” in a Muslim nation he would be seen as a “devote Muslim” who is totally committed to the cause of Islam by the way of the violent jihad,
By contrast what a Westerner would call a “moderate Muslim’ many Muslims in Asia as well as the Middle East call a Muslim who is not really living up to his faith in Islam by not taking up arms in the violence and killing of the jihad for Islam.
Therefore many of Muslim, overseas , would call him a “hypocrite” This is way many devote Muslim who are violent jihadists gather together in a group and chant “Death to infidels and hypocrites ” Meaning “Death to non-Muslims and non-violent, jihadist Muslims.
Infidel says
Well said.
Walter Sieruk says
The terms Islamic extremism” and “Islamic extremist” as well as “Radical Muslim” is actually a misuse of terms. “Moderate Muslim” are actually Western term and not that well known in the Islamic Middle East. This is because what In the Islamic mindset in the Muslim Middle East as well as in Indonesia and other Muslim controlled countries what the non-Muslims of the Western nations view as “radical and “extremist” the Muslims of those places in the world see as “Normal” and even Devout and committed to the Cause of Islam.”
In addition , those “Moderate Muslims” are those of the Islamic worldview and non-devout and non –committed Muslims. The violent jihadists even see them as “hypocrites.” Therefore, this explains the jihadist chant of those jihad-minded Muslims in different Islamic terror organizations. When they chant out loud “Death to infidels and hypocrites.” Meaning Death to people who and not Muslims and people who are non- jihadist Muslims.
Concerning the last part of this above essay, the violent spirit of that vicious jihadist chant “Death to infidels and hypocrites.” The later word of the chant “hypocrites” in the jihad –minded Muslim worldview is further explain in the book titled JIHADIST PSYCHOPATH by Jamie Glazov , for on page 42 the reader is informed that “Islam mandates that devout and real Muslims must punish , and in some circumstances kill, those Muslims whom they regard as neither legitimate nor properly devout.”
Michael Copeland says
“tens of thousands of Malaysians rallied….”
Translation: tens of thousands of Malaysians were instructed in the mosques to rally, on pain of physical beating.
Fitna says
The toxic sludge of Islam is polluting every country. Expect more wars, divisions and persecution of non-Muslim minorities.
Infidel says
Yes, it’s a given. Many British have retired to Malaysia thinking it’s a harmonious paradise.
abu taleb says
Eastern Malaysia should get independence from Malaysia. The Borneo indigenous people there have been racially discriminated by the Malaysia government. With abundant natural resouce, the Eastern Malaysia should get better after being independent.
Malaysia is doing very much discrimination in racial and religious issues against non Malay and non muslim minority people. So far there is hardly any conflict because of two reasons. First the minority (the Chinese and Indians) is doing very well, so they hardly complain openly even though they are very much discriminated. Second, the minority percentage (without the Borneo natives) is still relatively large, probably about 35% of the total population. So, direct violent attack may create a very big incident like war unlike in Indonesia where the Chinese people is only 5% so attacks to the Chinese only creates more fear on the Chinese.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
See my post above about all the factors at work on Borneo that make it so unlikely
Infidel says
And here in the US the marxist crowd insists that only whites can be racists.