It also strongly believes non-Muslims in Malaysia shouldn’t enjoy full political rights, but instead be treated as “dhimmi”.ĭhimmi is an Islamic term for non-Muslims living in an Islamic state. Parti Islam Malaysia, as the name suggests, wants Malaysia to be a fully-fledged Islamic state, including throwing out the current constitution and Westminster style of government.
The Democratic Action Party is the second largest party with 40 seats. Parti Islam Malaysia won 49 seats, making it the largest single party in the 222-seat parliament. The two biggest parties in parliament are Parti Islam Malaysia (part of the conservative Perikatan Nasional) and the Democratic Action Party (part of Anwar’s Pakatan Harapan coalition). Malaysia after the polls is a totally divided country. There wasn’t a single ethnic Chinese or Indian elected under the Perikatan Nasional, despite the fact non-Malays make up at least one-third of the population. It’s likely many Western governments breathed a sigh of relief on seeing Anwar triumph, as the other leading coalition, Perikatan Nasional (National Alliance), was running on a conservative, nationalistic Islamic platform. After five days and direct intervention by the king and the Malay Rulers, Anwar was picked to be the prime minister after proving he could cobble together a majority coalition under Pakatan Harapan (The Alliance of Hope). No single coalition won the bare majority required to form government when the election results were announced on November 19. On the surface, this was the fairytale ending for that fight. Many consider Anwar to be one of the only real Muslim democrats fighting to keep Malaysia multiracial and multicultural. Along the way, he was jailed twice, found guilty on charges of sodomy, beaten up by the police commissioner, charged with corruption and finally, received a royal pardon. It took 24 years to go from being the country’s deputy prime minister in 1998 to becoming the prime minister today, at 75 years old. It’s been some journey for Anwar Ibrahim, the new Malaysian prime minister appointed last month.
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