Publication: Ensuring Peaceful Co-existence In Malaysia Based On Federal Constitution’s Human Rights Approaches: An Analysis
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2022
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USIM Press
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Malaysia is a diverse country with many different ethnicities, religions, cultures, and languages. Due to these differences, religious and racial sentiments can easily be fanned and sensationalised by irresponsible parties to achieve their agenda. As such, ensuring unity and maintaining peaceful co-existence of its 32 million population poses a great challenge to the Malaysian Government. This article aims to analyse the human rights principles laid down in the Federal Constitution of Malaysia as the formula to maintain public order and peaceful co-existence in Malaysia. This article uses qualitative method by referring to various documents namely the Federal Constitution, journal articles, books and decided cases. The preliminary part of this article focuses on the overview of Malaysia’s demography and the importance of peaceful co-existence of its population. Accordingly, this article will discuss the key human rights principles provided in the Constitution, followed by an analysis on selected cases to see how the Constitution has played significant roles in guaranteeing peaceful co-existence. Finally, this article concludes by stressing the importance of unity in diversity based on respect for and observance of human rights. The study in this article found that the Federal Constitution of Malaysia in particular its human rights provisions has played important roles in ensuring public order and maintaining peaceful co-existence in Malaysia’s multiracial society.
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VOL. 7 NO. 2 (page: 15-20)
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Federal Constitution, human rights, peaceful co-existence, Malaysia.
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Ahmad, N. M. (2022). Ensuring Peaceful Co-Existence in Malaysia Based on Federal Constitution’s Human Rights Approaches: An Analysis: Memastikan Kehidupan Bersama Secara Aman di Malaysia Berdasarkan Pendekatan Hak Asasi Manusia di dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan: Satu Analisis. Sains Insani, 7(2), 15-20. https://doi.org/10.33102/sainsinsani.vol7no2.437