The following is a shutting address by a Tan Sri Dato Hj Muhyiddin Haji Mohd Yassin, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia entitled by "PROMOTING MODERATION, PEACE AND STABILITY FOR THE WELLBEING OF GLOBAL COMMUNITY" during a shutting ceremony of a International Confferene of a Global Movement of Moderates during a Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
2. Allow me to quickly discuss during a opening a chronological context in which ? la mode discourse about mediation as good as a moderates emerge. As you know, during a finish of a cold war, many people suspicion which a fight in in in in in in in in between communism as good as a West was about to be replaced by a fight in in in in in in in in between a West as good as Muslims. The Gulf War, a Bosnian conflict, a World Trade Centre bombing as good as a growing influence of Islamist movements in a Middle-East, Turkey, Central Middle East as good as opposite a Muslim universe gave an sense which there lies an Islamic threat against a West.
3. Throughout a 1990s, Samuel P. Huntington's seminal work, Clash of Civilizations, generated so most interest in a academia as good as in a media. It seemed which confrontations drawn along a fault lines of beliefs as good as sacrament were inevitable. In particular, a anticipation of an imminent dispute in in in in in in in in between two good civilizations, namely Islam as good as a Christian West sent tremors opposite a world.
4. It was rsther than unfortunate which a tragic event upon Sep 11, 2001 accentuated a images of dispute in in in in in in in in between Islam an! d a We st. Eventually, a post 9/11 universe was marked by growing Islamophobia in a West as good as opposite a world. From Osama B! en Laden to a Taliban in Afghanistan, a prophesy of militant Islam as a threat to a West has gripped a imaginations of Western governments as good as a media.
5. For some-more than a decade, a picture of Islam as a sacrament of assent as good as mediation was hijacked by aroused aggressions of militant Muslims as good as their network of terror. The events in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kashmir as good as alternative parts of a universe where Muslim minorities have been struggling for self-determination, reinforced a picture of Islam as a sacrament which is disposed to fanaticism, extremism as good as warfare. On a alternative hand, a tellurian fight upon apprehension led by Western superpowers has pitted a West against a Muslims in a scale which has never been felt before.
6. Without us realizing it, a instability of a fight inflicted regions in some parts of a Muslim universe as good as a growing fear of terrorism fuelled by Islamophobia in a West overshadowed a voices of moderation, assent as good as assent inside of Islam. People lend towards to ignore a actuality which a phenomenon of extremism, racism as good as militancy in a Muslim universe is cramped to customarily small groups of people customarily alienated from a mainstream convention of Islamic moderation.
The Concept of Moderation in Islam
7. The virtue of mediation was expounded in Islam by a pass hymn in a Qur'an which describes Muslims as an ummah or village properly balanced. Allah a Almighty says in a Qur'an:
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Which means, "Thus have We finished you of an Ummah properly offset That ye might be witnesses over a nations as good as a Messenger as witness over yourselves" (Surah Al-Baqarah; Verse 143).
8. From this verse, Muslim scholars define Ummatan Wasata, or ummah properly balanced, as a primary characteristics of Islamic village as willed by Allah a Almighty Himslef. In this context, exemplary Muslim scholars agreed which being ummah properly offset equates to e! ssential ly possessing a multiple of interconnected attributes of justice, goodness, avoidance of impassioned default or imprudence as good as being in a middle position.
9. Apart from this, a Qur'an additionally emphasizes a role of Islam as a messenger of forgiveness as good as care to all mankind. Allah says in a Qur'an:
Which means, "We sent thee not, yet as a forgiveness for all creatures." (Surah Al-Anbiya'; Verse 107)
10. With this bargain of Islamic mediation as good as a summary of forgiveness as good as care which Islam spreads to a mankind, many ? la mode Muslim scholars as good as leaders condemned a act of apprehension perpetuated in a name of religion. Militant radicalism as good as eremite extremism contradict a really hint of Islam as a sacrament which promotes a virtue of mediation as good as pacific co-existence in in in in in in in in between peoples of opposite faiths, hold as good as color.
11. For Muslims, eremite as good as informative differences should not be a root equates to of hatred as good as animosity as a Qur'an itself accords devout approval to amicable plurality as good as informative heterogeneity which is part of tellurian nature. Allah says in a Qur'an:
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Which means, "O mankind! We combined you from a single (pair) of male as good as female, as good as finished you in to nations as good as tribes, which ye may know each other. Verily a many honored of you in a sight of Allah is (he who is) a many moral of you. And Allah has full hold as good as is good proficient (with all things)". (Surah al-Hujrat; Verse 13)
The Necessity of Moderation
12. Apart from eremite injunctions, a political, amicable as good as mercantile realities which you have been confronting currently obligate a use of moderation. On a mercantile front, Western countries have been vital trading partners of a Muslim world. As most as a West depends upon Muslim countries for natural resources, Muslim countries ! rely upo n mercantile wealth of a West as vital importers of goods as good as services to accelerate a routine of mercantile development during home. As you know, for decades a peace, moneyed as good as developed West combined millions of jobs as good as countless mercantile opportunities for Muslims in their respective countries. It will be unsteadiness for Muslims to hold which mercantile as good as domestic destruction of a West will move mercantile wealth as good as domestic fortitude to a Muslim world.
13. At a same time, growing race of Muslims in a West has changed a amicable as good as informative demography of Western society. For instance, in Europe today, a pass discuss is about how to confederate as good as cushion brand brand new Muslim race in to a European multitude without indispensably eroding European cultures, traditions as good as identity. No doubt, a success of this routine of formation as good as acclimatization will have inclusive consequences upon durability assent as good as fortitude of European countries.
14. As Muslims! have been mak ing inroads in to a West, bringing together their values as good as amicable practices in to a fabric of Western societies, a amicable as good as domestic values of a West have been additionally increasingly being embraced by Muslims. The values of tellurian rights, leisure as good as liberty, which were once associated with a West, right away form part as good as parcel of a hold up of Muslims. It is not uncommon right away to find Islamic groups as good as Muslim-based domestic parties together with polite multitude movements participate in approved processes as good as commotion for approved reform. The domestic mutation right away underway in Muslim countries shows which a worth of democracy can sit easily with a worth of moderation, probity as good as care in Islam.
15. The political, amicable as good as informative interactions in in in in in in in in between a Muslim universe as good as a West, which is right away being reinf! orced by a forces of globalization, brings about brand brand new perspective upon a attribute in in in in in in in in between Islam as good as a West. For Muslims, a exemplary demarcation line which separates Dar al-Islam (the realm of Islam) from Dar al-Harb (the realm of war) has right away become obsolete. It is not proper for Muslims to courtesy a West as their enemies when a informative as good as amicable demography of a West itself is undergoing extensive shift as a result of a rising Muslim population. Likewise, it is no longer fitting for a West to courtesy Islam as a brand brand new right-wing dictatorship which poses imminent threat to a security of a nations as good as a destiny of a civilization. The law is, a Muslims themselves have been becoming some-more familiar as good as receptive of a good values of Western civilization.
16. The destiny trail of tellurian assent as good as wealth must be built upon mutual bargain as good as apply oneself in in in in in in in in between communities which paint a universe vital civilizations. Be it Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Taoism as good as alternative universe vital civilizations, all must work for a duration of pacific co-existence in in in in in in in in between people of opposite religions as good as cultures. This necessitates a shift in a perspec! tive fro m clash of civilizations to civilizational engagement. In this sold context, a use of mediation as good as a rejecting of extremism is a pass to civilizational engagement as good as tellurian peace. Only by rejecting extremism as good as embracing mediation will you be means to yield others with dignity, accept a differences as good as live with each alternative in assent as good as harmony. In today's world, mediation is not an option, yet a must.
Moderation in Other Faiths
17. We have been fortunate which all vital religions as good as civilizations advocate mediation as a approach of life. Christianity as good as Confucianism abhor imprudenc! e as goo d as luxury which symbolize an impassioned function in a control of one's life. Likewise, in Hinduism, a concept of middle trail which calls for divine centered living without renouncing a universe is deliberate a most appropriate equates to to achieve salvation. In a same vein, Buddhism advocates Middle Way in in in in in in in in between all extremes by avoiding racism as good as laziness in a journey to nirvana.
18. If you can see a inlet of sacrament through a prism of moderation, you will be means to identify usual values shared by all religions. The values have been peace, assent as good as loyal complacency which will materialize when a followers of each sacrament avoid excessiveness in eremite practices as good as in a control of secular life. you hold if everyone can maintain a suggestion of moderation, which implies rejecting of excessiveness as good as extremism, there will be no harm finished to tellurian kind in a name of sacrament or ideology.
19. At a same time, you need to address a root equates to of extremism as good as racism which often lead to hatred as good as animosity in in in in in in in in between people of opposite religions as good as cultures, namely mercantile alienation, domestic exclusion as good as amicable deprivation. We need to replace mercantile alienation with equitable distribution of wealth; you need to finish domestic exclusion by compelling domestic inclusiveness; you need to eliminate amicable damage by upholding amicable just! ice as good as apply oneself for tellurian dignity. We hold which a seeds of integrity will customarily bear ripened offspring when a root equates to of immorality have been completely annihilated.
Moderation in Malaysia
Ladies as good as gentlemen,
20. Moderation has been a post of Malaysia's success in dealing with racial as good as eremite diversity. Being part of a Malay universe where good civilizations meet, Malaysia has been sanctified with assent as good as wealth which is built up! on mutua l bargain as good as apply oneself between a multi-ethnic as good as multi-religious population. Despite being a plural multitude from a start, you thank a Almighty God which you have so far been successful in maintaining assent as good as averting dispute by compelling mediation as a inhabitant culture.
21. We foster mediation through active impasse of a government as good as a polite multitude in educating a people about a values of mediation as good as peace. The government operative together with eremite communities as good as a polite multitude have been actively compelling eremite assent as a categorical post of inhabitant unity. A Committee upon Inter-Religious Harmony was formed with a view to foster usual values shared by all religions as a equates to to encourage mutual understanding, apply oneself as good as team-work in in in in in in in in between opposite eremite communities. you must say which a success as a republic depends upon a willingness of a moderates from all religions as good as cultures to set in reserve differences as good as work for a usual idea in perpetuating peace, assent as good as wealth for a people.
22. It is my good pleasure currently in as well as with this conference to launch an critical work upon Islamic mediation as it is envisioned as good as used in Malaysia as good as a Malay world. Professor Tan Sri Mohd. Kamal Hassan, a eminent highbrow of Islamic studies from a International Islamic University Malaysia, has come up with a good book entitled "Voice of Islamic Moderation From a Malay World", which compiles evidences from a Qur'an as good as auspicious traditio! ns which boast a hint of Islam as a sacrament of moderation. There have been additionally numerous empirical evidences which epitomize mediation as a foundation of peace, assent as good as fortitude in a Malay universe in general as good as in Malaysia in particular.
23. you am glad to quote a passage in Tan Sri Mohd Kamal Hassan's book which is of good interest to me. you quote, ! "The voi ce of Islamic mediation coming from ? la mode Malaysia is a thoughtfulness of a Malaysian feel in which Islamic suspicion has been nurtured in a multi-ethnic multitude in which Muslims, yet in a majority, have lived as good as co-existed with non-Muslims of assorted racial as good as eremite groups in assent as good as assent This approved set-up has molded a inhabitant enlightenment which makes domestic or eremite extremism without a friend as good as uncalled for. The winning regulation for all communities has always been a single in which there is a realistic approval of a pluralistic inlet of a republic as good as a need to change in in in in in in in in between a sold interest of a village as good as a incomparable interest of inhabitant stability, inhabitant security as good as inhabitant wellbeing, without stepping beyond a limits of leisure as provided for in a Constitution of a nation," unquote.
24. you hold a worth of mediation will go on to yield durability peace, assent as good as fortitude for Malaysia as good as for a universe community. This requires a bloc of a willing between a moderates of a universe to persistently foster mediation as a tellurian value. you do hope which this international conference, a idea of which was mooted by Malaysian Prime Minister, The Honorable Dato' Seri Mohd. Najib Tun Abdul Razak, as good as a actions which will follow from it will yield avenues for a moderates from all vital civilizations of a universe to work palm in palm in a graduation of just as good as durability assent for a wellbeing of a tellurian community.
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