Six months on, is Malaysia Madani catching on?

New concept: The awareness among Muslims and non-Muslim on what Malaysia Madani constitutes, and its six values, is still low, but studies show that only a minority actually reject it. — YAP CHEE HONG/The Star

RAISED eyebrows and cynical chuckles greeted the Malaysia Madani concept when it was first announced in January by the then one-month old unity government.

Arguably, it was received with more cynicism than the ruling party brands that preceded it such as Keluarga Malaysia, Prihatin, and 1Malaysia, mostly because it is a foreign-sounding acronym.