12-12-2022, 07:36 AM
Anwar’s premiership bodes well for Muslim world: Washington academic
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KUALA LUMPUR – Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s recent ascension to Malaysia’s top post is not only good news for the Southeast Asian nation but also for the Muslim world at large, a prominent international academician said.
Azeem Ibrahim, the director of special initiatives at the Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy in Washington D.C., said this is because the PKR leader has had solid experience in leading Malaysia, pointing to his stints as finance minister and deputy prime minister in the 1990s.
In a commentary titled Anwar Ibrahim is good news for the Muslim world, Azeem said Anwar’s long tenure and “steady hands” during that period meant that he is internationally respected.
“His time as the head of Malaysia’s economy coincided with a period of remarkable growth and optimism. It was the era of the Asian Tigers,” Azeem noted in the piece, which was published in Arab News on Friday.
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Azeem Ibrahim, the director of special initiatives at the Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy in Washington D.C., said this is because the PKR leader has had solid experience in leading Malaysia, pointing to his stints as finance minister and deputy prime minister in the 1990s.
In a commentary titled Anwar Ibrahim is good news for the Muslim world, Azeem said Anwar’s long tenure and “steady hands” during that period meant that he is internationally respected.
“His time as the head of Malaysia’s economy coincided with a period of remarkable growth and optimism. It was the era of the Asian Tigers,” Azeem noted in the piece, which was published in Arab News on Friday.
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