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IDEAS 7th Liberalism Conference
The world has been hit by a multitude of crises, from economic downturns to geopolitical instability. While Malaysia escaped the worst of these, the problem of an unstable government and a weak economy remains. In these unstable times, there is a yearning among the people for a more authoritarian and “stable” government, which some believe can steer the country back onto the right track. Historically, major crises have been the harbinger of authoritarian governments. But are they correct? Does liberalism have the answers to deal with the crises facing the world today? How can liberals respond to growing authoritarianism?
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Perception towards Liberalism in Malaysia 2016-2021
As a whole, liberalism as a word has not reached a wider proportion of the community as only half of the respondents have heard about the term itself. There are no significant changes in this aspect for the past five years as the percentage of the population who have heard about liberalism sustained around 50% except for year 2018 when the percentage of people who have heard of liberalism was at its highest (61%).
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Muslim youth outlook increasingly pessimistic amidst strong retention of Islamic idealism
Muslim youth in Malaysia are having difficulties in dealing with post-pandemic economic and political challenges facing the country as discovered in the Malaysian. Muslim Youth survey was conducted between 30 October 2021 to 25 January 2022 by Merdeka Center. The survey found that the most important concern of the youth is about their job security
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Manufacturing Eurekas: Innovating Political Narratives
During crisis situations, populists tend to put intense pressure onto existing structures and look for pragmatic ways to seize power. They fashion themselves as a necessary protagonist that represents drastic change to a decaying system that has failed the people.
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A Day In Our Life
50th year anniversary. When you hear the sound of the fingerprint machine and when the door starts to open you know our day has started. Dark turns into light. And soon other footsteps came in. We would like to take you for a walk into our humble office and show you behind the door. We hope you enjoy our #LifeatfFNF video.
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Shariah Court Procedures
A recent report shows that there is a high percentage of divorce cases during the Covid pandemic period which is about 70,000 cases. In view that legal literacy is still low amongst the public, especially among women, it is thus important to raise awareness on the matter so that women could access justice.
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#TanyaTelenisa
Telenisa new program #TanyaTelenisa will be aired every Thursday on Twitter Space. Telenisa is part of Sisters in Islam, Telenisa is a free legal advisory service to women and men on their legal rights under the Islamic Family Law and the Syari’ah Criminal Offences Law.
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Liberalism Survey 2021 was launched last week during IDEAS 7th Liberalism Conference. The survey on perception towards Liberalism in Malaysia is a tracking survey that commenced in 2016 and since conducted annually to gauge Malaysians understanding and level of acceptance of the values of liberalism in political, economic and social domains. In 2021, the survey was conducted on 10th to 30th December with a view towards uncovering changes in people’s perception towards liberalism in Malaysia. 1,268 respondents participated in telephone interviews across 14 states and 212 parliamentary constituencies. The interviewed pool of respondents were representative of the Malaysian population in terms of gender, ethnic and age composition. The survey focused on unveiling people’s general knowledge and attitude to the concept of liberalism particularly pertaining to political, social and economic aspects. Read more about the survey here: https://www.freiheit.org/malaysia/perception-towards-liberalism-malaysia-2016-2021 #fnfmalaysia
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Last Week, we attend IDEAS 7th Liberalism Conference. It’s our first time attending the event offline since the pandemic. And during the conference we can see the participants fired up after 2,5 years attending online, now they can give their opinion and ask questions towards Liberalism in Malaysia. The event covers a lot of topics ranging from Economics to Disinformation. Read more here: https://www.freiheit.org/malaysia/ideas-7th-liberalism-conference We would like to congratulate IDEAS for hosting such a great event. See you next year🤩 #fnfmalaysia #fnfmalaysiaevent #fnfmalaysiagoes50 #liberalismconference #malaysia
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On 23 September, FNF Malaysia Team, Mr. Moritz Kleine-Brockhoff (Regional Director Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Southeast & East Asia), Mr. Manfred Richter (Member of The Board Directors and Treasurer of FNF), and Sky (Southeast and East Asia Regional Communications Manager), visit IDEAS office to know more about their work in Malaysia. Mr. Richter talked about politics in Germany during the German Reunification, when Tricia Yeoh (CEO of IDEAS) asked how they maintained communications at that time when there was no internet and cellphones. That’s where interesting story came out. (*Mr. Richter himself was a member of the German Bundestag and served as chief whip for the German FDP group during the both challenging and exciting times of German reunification). We also got the chance to walk around IDEAS Office. Tricia led the way and introduced us to IDEAS staff and showed us their huge and beautiful veranda. #lifeatfnf #fnfmalaysia #lifeatfnfmalaysia
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