Towards a peaceful future of ASEAN in an era of turbulence: the need to construct a Wastiyyah-driven Islamic civilisation across the region

Hassan, Mohd Kamal (2015) Towards a peaceful future of ASEAN in an era of turbulence: the need to construct a Wastiyyah-driven Islamic civilisation across the region. In: International Conference on Islamic Values in Changing World, 23rd-25th March 2015, Thailand. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Today the phenomenon of “social and moral turbulence” has gone beyond the boundaries of banking and finance to embrace global politics, climate change and environmental disasters, international relations, inter-religious and intra-religious discord, food insecurity scenario, urban crime, lawlessness, and – not least – the daily hazards of living in an environment, system or culture with low standards of moral integrity in many cities of the Muslim world. For the Muslim majority communities of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam, and the Muslim minorities of the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos, the way the Islamic culture and civilization are going to develop in the context of ASEAN Economic Community of 2015 and beyond are going to be crucial for the survival of the Muslim ummah as a positive civilizing force. It is hoped that the formation of the ASEAN Community and its consolidation in the coming years would allow for greater public space for Muslim communities to play the role of Rahmatan Li’L-‘Alamin, (Mercy to all Mankind) and Ummatan Wasatan ( Justly Balanced Community) in a shared and enlarged economic and cultural environment, such that the presence of Islam and the Muslim community would be perceived by the non-Muslim communities in ASEAN as a force that represents the message of peace, mutual respect and cooperation with non-Muslim communities.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Additional Information:	2913/54602
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Wasatiyyah, Islamic civilisation, ASEAN
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races > HT51 Human settlements. Communities
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion
Depositing User:	Professor Mohd Kamal Hassan
Date Deposited:	27 Mar 2017 09:53
Last Modified:	27 Mar 2017 09:53
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/45602

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