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Contestations and Peace Building Between The State and Autonomous Islam
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Building Bridges, Crossing Boundaries 
 
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Contestations and Peace Building BetweenThe State and Autonomous Islam
 Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid 
Introduction
Ithasbeencustomarytoviewpost-colonialMalaysianpoliticsashavingbeendominatedbyanethnic-orientatedcommunalism.Onlyinthe1990s,witheconomicgrowthreachingunprecedentedheights,havevoicescallingforapproachestranscendingethnicpoliticsemerged,forexample,the
 Bangsa Malaysia
discoursestartedbyPrimeMinisterDr.MahathirMohamad’sVision2020inFebruary1991(MahathirMohamad1991:22).Bytheendofthedecade,anddespitetheprevailingeconomicuncertainty,analystswereprojectinga‘newpoliticsinMalaysia’,whichsaw,in1999,electoralprogrammesofpoliticalpartiescoalescingaround
universal issues such as justice, human rights, good governance, ght
againstcorruptionandpromotionofdemocraticvalues(Loh2003).Thisdevelopmentwasnodoubthelpedbythe
 Reformasi
outcryfollowingtheunceremoniousdismissalandinhumanetreatmentofAnwarIbrahim,Dr.Mahathir’serstwhiledeputyinboththegovernmentandtherulingUnitedMalays’NationalOrganisation(UMNO)party.TheAnwarIbrahimsagagavebirthto
 Parti Keadilan Nasional 
(NationalJusticeParty)which,whiledominatedbyMalayssympathetictoAnwar,professedamulti-racialplatformandhadprominentnon-Malaysamongitsleadership.
While the politics of ethnicity is viewed with concern by the ofcial
corridorsofpower,asexpressedintheincessantcallsfornationalunityinmainstreamlife,skepticswouldarguethateffortsinforgingcloser
 
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