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What does the Mufti think of Islam in Malaysia and Indonesia?

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Islam in Malaysia and Indonesia: natural, though with a recent rise of hardliners

QuestionLive chat · questioner not identifiedAnswered 16 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Segment 7 of 57 in the recording2021-02-16-S07

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His impression is that Malaysians and Indonesians have absorbed Islam naturally into daily life, though he feels extremism has risen there in the last fifteen years.

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Asked for his thoughts on Islam in Malaysia, Mufti Abu Layth says his impression is that Malaysia and Indonesia have a very natural perception of Islam. They seem, he says, to have absorbed the deen in a way that does not hinder their day-to-day lives. He adds that he feels in the last decade and a half or so there has been a rise in extremism there, with Salafi-inspired hardliners, several terrorist attacks and attacks on Christians, which he calls very sad.

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What are your thoughts on Islam in Malaysia?

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Mufti Abu Layth says his impression is that Malaysia and Indonesia have absorbed the deen in a natural way that does not hinder their day-to-day lives.

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“they seem to have ingratiated themselves kind of immersed themselves absorbed the deen in a way that it doesn't hinder the day-to-day lives it seems to be a natural that's my impression of them”

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i think malaysia has a very uh and indonesia they have a a very cool natural perception of islam uh what i mean by that is they seem to have ingratiated themselves kind of immersed themselves absorbed the deen in a way that it doesn't hinder the day-to-day lives it seems to be a natural that's my impression of them that said i do feel that recently in maybe the last

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decade and a half or something there was a rise in extremism over there so very you know the selfie inspired kind of hardliners were on the rise and there were some several terrorist attacks and attacks on christians and things like that which were really very sad unfortunately

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2021, February 16). What does the Mufti think of Islam in Malaysia and Indonesia? [Video, segment 2021-02-16-S07, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/7/

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Mufti Abu Layth. 2021. "What does the Mufti think of Islam in Malaysia and Indonesia?" Video, segment 2021-02-16-S07, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded February 16, 2021. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/7/

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  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{What does the Mufti think of Islam in Malaysia and Indonesia?}},
  year = {2021},
  month = {2},
  date = {2021-02-16},
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  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/7/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Segment 2021-02-16-S07, auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
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