"Islamic Government must show concern for all"

According to newstraitstime.com, prime minister Mahathir addresses his administration that Islamic values, respecting laws and showing concern for all communities as well as being free from corruption should changed and restored in the country of Malaysia. He says that "having a good administration when in power was important to ensure Islam grew and non- Muslims do not keep away from Muslims. and he further states that "If we can do this, the benefits will be great, among them, understanding of Islamic teachings will increase and people will listen more to the administration," at the Perkim's (Malaysian Muslim Welfare Organisation) 48th annual general meeting at a hotel here yesterday.

Due to Islamic administrations exhibit cruelty, abuse of power, corruption, inefficiency, and oppression of others, Islam has been talked about in negative context. and says that ' today there isn't a single islamic country that can be said to be a developed nation, there are some who hold the view that progress of islamic countries is not important. " and that " Islamic counties would only be respected if there were progressive like in the Golden age of Islam."

I feel that this is especially true, since we just learned about the shariah law, those counties that have this law in existence are clearly not using it to its full potential, rather using it to their advantage. That is why so many non-Muslims have wrong perceptions of the shariah law and its teachings.

Hina Latif