PN victories a reminder of religious conservatism gaining ground

Perikatan Nasional chairman Muhyiddin Yassin is seen by some voters to be more Islamic compared to other prime ministers.

The results reflect a political reality gripping a region that has seen decades of income growth checked by the pandemic and a global economic slowdown. Jokowi, as the president is known, in 2019 made a top Islamic cleric his vice-president, alarming progressives about the impact on policy. In Bali, officials sought to distance themselves from a sweeping sex law that could hurt the island’s tourist-reliant economy just as pandemic restrictions eased and international travel picked up.

“Muhyiddin’s the better person to lead the country — he gave us aid during the pandemic and I believe he’s more Islamic than others,” said Firdaus, a food delivery driver in Selangor. With anxiety over economic issues running deep, “young voters here seem to have found spiritual solace with the right-wing parties and have bought into their communal rhetoric,” said Ibrahim Suffian, director at pollster Merdeka Center which correctly predicted the elections outcome.

PAS founded and ran Islamic preschools as early as the 1980s in Kedah and Terengganu, where the Islamic party trumped on Saturday. Today it operates 2,497 preschools across Malaysia, with 125,065 students aged four to six enrolled as of 2022, according to the party.

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