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----- Original Message -----
From: "fairplay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.malaysia
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 9:17 PM
Subject: Islamic 'extremism' - the 'unedited' blame list
> LETTERS
>
>
> Wednesday August 22
>
> Islamic 'extremism' - the 'unedited' blame list
>
> RS
>
> 3:49pm, Wed: Former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim's alleged
> links with the so-called Islamic extremists have been
> receiving increasing attention after his supposed
> contribution towards the rise of radical Islam in Malaysia
> was first suggested by an article in the Washington Times
> last week, 'Turmoil in Malaysia'.
>
> [The article is a commentary piece written by Amy Ridenour,
> president of the right-wing (and not non-partisan, as
> claimed) National Center for Public Policy Research.]
>
> Several parties see the article's suggestion of Anwar as the
> chief instigator of instability in this country, as also
> providing a reasonable explanation - or a probable cause, at
> the very least - for the increase in Islamic militancy in
> the country.
>
> In a letter ('US should not be fooled into backing Anwar',
> Aug 20) to malaysiakini, Ashvin Raj, in support of Ridenour,
> argues that Anwar is implicated in the rise of militant
> Islam in Malaysia, not only via his links with PAS, but also
> through his past actions in promoting a more Islamic
> administration.
>
> Ashvin cites Dr Chandra Muzaffar's book Islamic Resurgence
> in Malaysia, which describes Anwar as a "major figure... in
> the government's Islamisation programme".
>
> He argues that Anwar was responsible for "Islamic banking...
> Islamic insurance... (and) the International Islamic
> University... around that time, dakwah or Islamic missionary
> activities were aggressively promoted using the official
> radio and television channels."
>
> Furthermore, "... as education minister, Anwar was
> responsible for Islamising the education syllabus: Islamic
> civilisation was introduced in schools and world religions
> were taught with a pro-Islamic bias (and) in the textbooks,
> other religions were portrayed in a negative light in
> comparison with Islam."
>
> This observation is misleading.
>
> Anwar's rise to power coincided with the rise of Islamic
> revivalism, which was, and is, a global phenomenon.
>
> Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad's act in
> bringing Anwar into the government was both an
> acknowledgment that there was an Islamic resurgence in
> Malaysia, and a shrewd move calculated to appease
> conservative demands and allow the government to stay
> relevant in the face of those demands.
>
> Anwar then, was the perfect vehicle through, and with which
> the government enhanced its Islamic credentials.
>
> He was responsible for the Islamisation initiatives, but
> they were collectively acts of government that were designed
> to get into the good books of increasingly conservative
> Malay voters.
>
> The introduction of these initiatives helped project the
> image of an Islamic government, one that was in tune with
> the religious aspirations of the Malay community.
>
> More significantly, they allowed the government to moderate
> domestic conservatism and head off the influence of Islamic
> extremism and radicalism from abroad.
>
> Armed with near impeccable Islamic credentials (in the eyes
> of the Muslim Malays, at least), the government even managed
> to pump in liberal doses of 'worldliness' into the religious
> outlook of the Malays and shape their conception of the
> 'good' Muslim.
>
> The ideal? None other than Anwar himself: Here was a not
> only a Muslim Malay man who could spout Quranic verses at
> will, was in good standing with highly respected Islamic
> scholars such as Egypt's Dr Yusuf Qardhawi, and could give a
> sermon during Friday prayers, here was also a man who was
> deputy prime minister of Malaysia, friends with World Bank
> president James Wolfensohn, and one who looked good in his
> Italian-cut suit.
>
> PAS had no answer to the government's extensive Islamic
> programmes and, more importantly, it had no one quite like
> Anwar Ibrahim. However, there was a risk. Anwar was also the
> single point of failure in the entire scheme. Take him out
> and everything would come tumbling down. And it did.
>
> Why does it now seem that the government has so little
> credibility when it speaks on Islam? Why have the Malays
> switched their support to PAS?
>
> There is no need to do an in-depth analysis of these
> problems as the answer is simple enough: The man who "took
> care of business" is no longer around and there is no one in
> Umno that can take his place.
>
> Then who is to blame for the rise in Islamic militancy? No
> one and everyone.
>
> No single person is fully responsible for inciting the
> advocated violence, which has nothing to do with Islam. To
> brand Anwar as a "radical Islamic fundamentalist" who is the
> root cause of the increase in groups calling for the violent
> overthrow of a legitimately elected government would be
> giving the man too much credit.
>
> If he is guilty, then so is Dr Mahathir for roping him into
> the establishment and setting the stage for the mess that we
> are in now, though it would be unfair to put the blame
> squarely on the prime minister, for he needed to act quickly
> as PAS were also courting Anwar.
>
> But no one can claim to be entirely innocent, as many
> parties are at least partially responsible.
>
> The government, for depriving the people of outlets for
> their anger and frustrations by cracking down on
> demonstrations and banning political ceramah.
>
> The media, for their incessant attacks against the
> opposition, which has desensitised the people to such an
> extent that when they do bring up genuine issues, the people
> shrug it off as "sandiwara" (charade).
>
> PAS, for breathing so much hatred into its ceramah.
>
> Our formal Islamic education system, which is so out of
> touch with reality that it should not be surprising to find
> misguided Mujahidin, Black Metal Satanists and teenaged
> rapists among the Muslim Malays.
>
> Parents, for failing miserably in giving their children a
> proper Islamic upbringing, which, in Islam, is their
> responsibility in the first place.
>
> But most of all, the militants themselves, for why should
> anyone else be responsible for their actions?
>
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