Aura Merdeka co-founder Tariq Ismail
RECENTLY, the Prime Minister mentioned that liberalism allows Islam to be open for attack. Whether it was a misquote or not, considering misquotes are de rigeur nowadays, let us also not use this to attack the Prime Minister. Let us use it as a means to promote Wasatiyah, in which discussions is allowed without fear or fervour.
However, that being said, Islam does not belong in the extremities of politics whether it be right or left. Before the advent of modern politics, there was religion, where civil society was ruled by a strict code bound to the covenant between Man and God. Within this strict code, there arose the philosophy behind religion.
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