MalayMail-June 19
Malaysia was ranked 43rd out of 149 in the recently-released index that measures how “Islamic” a country is, but its founder Hossein Askari said the country was the best-performing among all Muslim-majority countries. Speaking to Malay Mail about the 2022 edition of the Islamicity Index, the academic said Malaysia performed the best in the economic sector but still has a long way to go to become more “Islamic” with regard to human rights. “The surveys on Malaysia, among other factors, cite a number of deficiencies: arbitrary arrests, freedom of the press, persecution of journalists, freedom of human rights organizations, harsh prison conditions, internet restrictions, freedom of religious affiliation, corrupt government officials and most importantly that the judiciary is not independent from the government,” he said in a recent interview. The worst-performing countries were: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1.59), Chad (1.59), Sudan (1.21), Afghanistan (1.07) and Syria (0.89). In comparison, Malaysia scored 6.29. Out of the 149 countries, Malaysia had its highest rank of 24th when it comes to international relations with a score of 7.23, followed by 30th in economic (7.08) and 48th in legal and governance (6.24). It was placed a measly 68th in political rights with a score of 5.08. Read more at:
