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

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

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/7/
- Date: 2021-02-16 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (23:34–24:40)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=1414s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/

**Topics:** Islam and modernity; Extremism, crime and justice

**Question as asked:** What are your thoughts on Islam in Malaysia?

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** 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.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** 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.

**Evidence, his words at 23:34:** “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” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=1414s)

## Longer summary

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.

## Sources and names cited

- Salafi

## Transcript (machine tier, 23:34–24:40)

[23:34] 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

[24:12] 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

[24:39] right that reminds me mufti's somebody said mufti's gone global hell yeah mr wu why daley it's all about the dale lifestyle huh is that so spectrum says hey mufti hey spectrum hey mufti hey dude what's going on i have two serious questions whoa you know somebody says i have two

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment --PntsaR8ck/s/7. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/7/

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