‘The Economist’: While Indonesia fights Islamic State, Malaysia politicises Islam

‘The Economist’: While Indonesia fights Islamic State, Malaysia politicises Islam: Malay Mail Online
January 24, 2016


KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 ― Indonesian social movements are attempting to counter jihadist influence, but the

Religious authorities in Malaysia have been promoting an increasingly conservative interpretation of Islam, while the ruling Umno has welcomed a relationship with PAS that seeks to enforce hudud in Kelantan. Umno has also repeatedly demonised the DAP as being anti-Islam.