Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today hailed the rise in the overall score of a Syariah index that gauges the country's achievement in implementing Islamic policies and principles, saying there was drastic improvement in the health, infrastructure and the environment, and economic and social fields.
The Prime Minister also said that the score or achievement of the Malaysian Syariah Index in four other fields, namely education, politics, law and culture, remained at an encouraging level.
The index gauges objectively and scientifically Malaysia's achievement according to the framework of Maqasid Syariah (objectives of Islamic law).
The overall score of the index for 2017 was 76.06 per cent, up by 0.64 per cent from the 75.42 per cent for 2015, he said when presenting the Malaysian Syariah Index Report 2017 at the Premier Conference of Ulama at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre here.
Najib said the second study of the Syariah index involved 222 researchers from six public universities and a total of 27,292 respondents, comprising 2,280 policy makers, 6,555 policy implementers and 18,457 members of the general public.
He drew attention to an interesting aspect of the index for 2017, of the respondents being Muslims and non-Muslims.
"Interestingly, 50 per cent of the respondents from the general public comprised people between the ages of 21 and 30, who are from the generation of the National Transformation 2050 (TN50)," he said.
Najib said several key findings of the index for 2017 proved that the efforts and initiatives undertaken and being implemented by the government had an impact on the people and benefited them.
In the field of health, he said, the score in the religion aspect was 92 per cent based on the success of the government in providing facilities for worship at government clinics and hospitals besides expanding services and facilities through the opening of 1Malaysia Clinics.
"Alhamdulillah (Praise be to God), this is an achievement we anticipated to continue to drive the government in administering the country according to Maqasid Syariah," he said.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Thu Aug 03 2017
The Prime Minister also said that the score or achievement of the Malaysian Syariah Index in four other fields, namely education, politics, law and culture, remained at an encouraging level. - BERNAMA photo
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