Open AccessIdentifying the Islam-Policies of the Predecessors of the Najib Administration: Has He Abandoned Tradition?
Author(s) -
Osman Bakar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
islam and civilisational renewal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2041-8728
pISSN - 2041-871X
DOI - 10.52282/icr.v2i4.610
Subject(s) - prime minister , ethnic group , islam , politics , independence (probability theory) , democracy , administration (probate law) , state (computer science) , religiosity , political science , population , religious studies , sociology , law , theology , philosophy , demography , statistics , mathematics , algorithm , computer science
Since its political independence Malaysia has seen six Prime Ministers, including the present one, Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib, who is himself a son of the second Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak. For a post-colonial Muslim state with a huge non-Muslim population (about 45 per cent) and an uninterrupted run of Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, six Prime Ministers in a total period of 54 years and, moreover, with a smooth line of succession, indicate a kind of political stability rarely found in the Islamic world. Malaysia is also noted for its relative success in managing its ethnic and religious plurality and diversity, especially when considering the fact that in its cultural makeup and setting ethnicity and religiosity are intricately linked.