Islamic Radicalism Blossoms in a Rural Malaysian State
Dr Maza’s Salafi-Styled Theocracy
By: Murray Hunter
A small but rapidly growing minority of ethnic Malays in Malaysia are adopting the harsh Salafi doctrines of Saudi Arabia, with the center of Salafi teachings in the tiny conservative rural northern state of Perlis, seeking to supplant the milder, less militant Sunni Islam that most Malay followers practice.
Salafism is a direct interpr…
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