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ajiss-1000	El-Muhammady, Ahmad	Applying Wasaṭīyah within the Malaysian Religio-Political Context	2015.0	7	.pdf	application/pdf	3026	118	41	Mahathir’s implementation of Islamic values in his administration is another indicator of inculcating a “moderate” Islam, despite the comments of some observers that its real goal was to placate the Islamist opposition Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) party.10 Badawi’s ascendancy to the premiership in 2003 represented another pro- gressive step toward implementating wasaṭīyah: the introduction of Islam Hadhari (civilizational Islam) initiatives. The resulting tolerance and reasonable accommodation is a give-and-take situation and is obviously the basis of Malaysia’s stability.8 One can conclude that modern Malaysia was built upon the principle of mod- El-Muhammady: Applying Wasaṭīyah 135 ajiss32-3-final-for-hasan_ajiss 6/12/2015 9:11 AM Page 135 eration due to the resulting power-sharing principle, peaceful coexistence, and mutual respectability.	cache/ajiss-1000.pdf	txt/ajiss-1000.txt