Da’wah Resurgence and Political Islam in Malaysia

Islamic da’wah in Malaysia has given and is still giving a gigantic impact on the country in many aspects of life, especially politics. Through library research and observation, this study tries to address the relationship between Islamic da’wah and politics in general terms before examining it in some details in regard with Malaysia itself. It further attempts to discover the reasons behind the Islamic da’wah resurgence and its impact on Malaysia's politics. The study suggests that by Islamic da’wah resurgence, Islam has become pivotal to the politics in Malaysia basically when the government co-opted Islamism which resulted it to become the instrument of Islamisation and the advancement of the religion has since been used as the modus Vivendi for many da’wah groups and individuals.