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Islam has reconciled Malays with economic development
By Ooi Kee Beng
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Monday, September 05, 2005

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A big worry in Iraq and the wider Middle East is that Islam and modernization are enemies. But Malaysian history over the past three decades shows that this belief is mistaken. In fact, Islamization has proved to be an effective political means of reconciling the majority of Malays to the country's rapid economic development.

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