1) The document discusses several news stories from the Islamic world, including the soft launch of the Islamic World Film Festival in 2013, thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers protesting dangerous factory conditions after a deadly fire, and a Sri Lankan teenager winning first prize at a Quran competition in Saudi Arabia. 2) It also covers Islamic banking expanding to attract more mainstream clients, Iran launching a YouTube alternative due to content issues, and a donation of RM3 million by Malaysia to help victims of fires in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 3) Other articles discuss Malaysia's success in maintaining unity and diversity despite initial predictions of chaos, as well as continued efforts to strengthen joint Islamic media actions and correct erroneous online

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llUM President Offciates Soft
Launching ol lslamic lflorld
Film Festiva! 2013 {IWFF'13)
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Donrtes RM3m to
Dhaka FiresThreaten S2o E
lion Textile lndustry
Thousands of Banglade:
garment workers staged m:
protests to demand the end
"deathtrap" labour conditio
after the country! worst-e
textile factory fire ...
Sri Lankan Wins First Prize
Qur'an Competition
5ri Lankan teenager Riski [V
hamed Riskhan won the fi
prize at the :l+th King Abc
Aziz lnternational Competiti
for Memorization of the...
lslamic Banking to Expa,
Compete for Malnstrea
Clients
lslamic bank are set to expa
as they compete increasinr
with conventional lenders in
tracting mainstream ...
lran Launches Alternative
Youtube
lran has launched its ol
video-sharing website to cot
pete against Google's popu
YouTube whose content is cc
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By: Dr. Mohd Abbas Abdul Razak
the other two races that came from lndia and China in the
f, f, alaysia got is independence from the British on the
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of August, re57. At the time of its independence
I U I Malaysia was made up of three main ethnic groups
namely Malay, Chinese and lndian.The Malays popularly known
as'Bumiputeras'(sons of the soil) were willing to share the land
spirit of b,rotlnrhood and being Malaysians. Besides that, there are
many small groups of aborigines present in peninsula Malaysia
as well as in Sabah and Sarawak Atthe eve of iS independencq
many outsidethe country thoughtthat there will be chaos; racial
clashes and powet strive among the various groups of people
living in Malaysia. Againstall odds,thescenailoturned Page 23

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the price of peace and harmony, and
choose to yalue their national identity
and thespirit ofbeing a free countryfar
from any foreign inten ention in theil
national agendas.Though not a perfect
country Malaysia has shined through
over half-a^centuryas one ofthe best in
diversity. They realized how
the lslamk world and a rising star among
thedevelophg countri€i.started as an
vals celebrated in the country. Being
Muslim country Malaysia has h€en in
splrit of universal brotherhood. Learnt
to live united and uphold unity within
forefront in iaising charity for th€ op
pressed and downtrodden Muslims and
otheR in th€ world. Wrthin the (ountry,
imbibed in the splrit of caring, sharlng
agnrian based ecofiomy, MahFla has
transfonned itseFin other areas of econ-
om.y, particuhrly in theareas of scierrce,
technology and lndustrialization. Good
govemance, stEtegic phnning and a
well managed economy bythe leaders
of the countryhave made it possiblefor
Malaysians of all walk of life to eniry
the economk prospedty, Ambitious in
its f-orwad march torivards achhving the
status of a developed nation by zozo,
Malaysia has mademany trarffiflnetiofl
plansto maintain the social fab,rk of tte
nation ai to sbyfocused in its Fn rrritto
be among the developed natkms in the
nearltrture.The economk ph hr been
dMded according to the ra(e pilopdtirm
in the country.
The latest under the rMahysh pro-
gram the golemment is looking in@
the problems of all ethnk groupq re-
gardl€ss brg or imdl, oftheirneeds and
problems. h ls an undeniable fa<t that
peace and ftarmony enjoyd by lts dif-
ferent ethnic groups orcr the decades
has invited many rcaeadrersftom Soutt
Afiica, Australia and the United SEtes of
Am€rica to study the Malaysian secret
recipe. What pulls tfie intere$ of the
researchers to Malapia is to further ex-
plorE some of its unhue coocepts oF
served hy its inhabitanti ln the wake
:i S l'-d::t'rg1*i:'r *sl'li n
walks of liie en share with the rest of
the wodd on horrn asp€<tJ like rcfigious
tolerance, fieedom to practlce dffierent
cultures and tradhiohs while at th€ sarne
time upholding its national identity.
The'Open-lhusdconcept hald during
festhre seasons in Malaysia cah be of
great value to be shard<J wfth peopl€
livlng in other parts of the world. fudng
the vaflous fesl$yals celebrated In the
countty, people egardless of race ol
religion, poor or rich will congreglate
to wish those celebntiitg the festiral
andto enjoyfu togetherwith oiherl
ln order to bring people tqgether, the
govemment and dignitaries, oryanize
'Open-House' during all major fertF
out to be diametically opposite to
negative prediction.
Malaysians of different
learned to accept one another in
and loving, L/laleysians of all races
in during thetime of n€ed
to help one aflother Hdes what
been done by the goi/Emm€nt
this situatioo the govemment
Malaysia! success story can be a god
formula to be emulated by coun0tes
that more often see racial clashes and
iectarian violEme. Desplte allthe peace
and prospeity enpyed withinthe coun-
try, globallzalion ard mlsuse offteedom
of spe€ch that uses the soclal medla can
be seen ai a tfireat to unity. ln realizing
the print media as well as the internet
to correctthe eroneous news report cir-
culated in the cyberworld with regards
to Malaysia's local and foreign polkies
lssue 10 Safar 1434 I January20l3
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News
. Forum on Good Govemanceand Accountability
Emphasized on Peoph's Participatbn in Developnrent
. Dhaka FircsThreaten S20 BillionTextile lndustry
. Amnestyto Killerfor Memorizirqg Holy Quran
. One Million Malaysians in HajWaiting List
. Malaph Donates RM3m to UN for Palestinlans
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Muslim World
. Boyott lsraeli Producs Save Pahstinbns
. QatarProduce 5l Billion Movhon Prophet
. Five Million Pilgrimsto Perfonn Umrah
. StrengthenJoint lslamic Media Action
. Sri LankanWns Flm Prize in Qur'an Competition
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Islamic Banking & Finance
. lslamic Bankng to Expard, Compete for Mainsteam
Clients
. The l9th AnnualWorld lslamkBanking
Conference (WBC 2012)
. lshmic lnverfrnent
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Education
;
Kotea
. llUM WinsTwo 6ld and One Siher trtedals at SllF 2012
. Overt0,000 Memorized Ql/an underHQMlO
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Tourism
. 5th Selangor MATTA lslamicTravel Fair 20'l 2 Held in Kuala
Lumpur
. Visiting Crenting Highlands Personal Experience
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Community Corner
. TheChallenge Of MuslimYouth
. llUM President fficiates Soft Launching of lshmkWorld
Film Festival2013 ([WFF I3)
. han Launches AhernativetoYoutube
. Hilab First in British Parlianent
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