Integrated Medical Education Resources: 250526P - The Concept Of Madani Malaysia From A Historical And Future Aspect

Presented at the ASEAN YOUTH CAMP: Building Dreams Foundation for collective future success 2025

1.0 YOUTH THINKING MUST BE ABOUT BIG THINGS

The youths are our future. Their thinking must be about big ideas spanning history, the present, and the future.
I am discussing the concept of MADANI Malaysia within the context of historical precedents.
Youths must see the big picture and over a long-term perspective. If they do not think high and wide, they will only see the small problems and miss the big picture.

2.0 THE TERM PAX

The term ‘pax’ means peace and has been applied to historical periods in which conditions of long peace, economic progress, and the flowering of culture were witnessed. Usually followed by a Latinized form of the geographical region or country.
The term peace here is used in the relative sense. There were many wars and struggles alongside development and prosperity. A historian said that the Ottoman state had only 28 years in its long history without a war going on somewhere.
I will give examples of what is recognized as PAX and what is disputed. The recognized are Pax Romana, Pax Islamica, Pax Britannica and Pax Americana. I will mention disputed PAXes and also future PAXes. The youths should think hard about the future PAX MALAYSIANANA which will start as MADANI MALAYSIA.

3.0 PAX ROMANA

This was a 200-year period of Roman history also known as the golden age. It was a period of relative peace and prosperity. It started in 27BCE and concluded in about 180CE. The Roman Empire had a total population of 70 million which is thought to be 33% of the world population.

4.0 PAX ISLAMICA

Pax Islamica was in several stages but lasted a long time and made many achievements. -The start was the era of the prophet and message عهد الرسالة and was followed by the rightly guided khilafat عهد الخلافغة الراشدة. This early stage is really the golden age of Islam and the Madinan state was the true expression of Pax Islamica in the ideological sense.
The material achievements of the Ummah were in the era of dynasties عهد الملوك: Omayyad, Abbasid, and Ottoman. Many people do not realize that pax Islamica continued as Pax Ottomanina until 1926 when Kamal Ataturk destroyed the khilafat about 100 years ago.
Pax Islamica was a reality in the minds of Muslims Malays and Africans recognized the Ottoman Sultan although they never saw him.

5.0 PAX BRITTANICA

This period extended from the war of Waterloo in 1815 when Britain became a supreme power to the First World War that exhausted Britain and left it weak until today. This was a period of relative peace in many far-flung areas of the British Empire. It was also a period of economic prosperity (for a few) and technological development. The English language became the lingua franca of the world and continues even after Britain declined as a superpower.

6.0 PAX AMERICANA

This was a period following the second World War when the US became the dominant economic and cultural power. The US is still a superpower but is facing many internal and external challenges we cannot have an idea for how long it will maintain this position.

7.0 OTHER HISTORICAL PAXes

8.0 FUTURE PAXes

شَكَوْنا إلى رَسولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّمَ وهو مُتَوَسِّدٌ بُرْدَةً له في ظِلِّ الكَعْبَةِ فَقُلْنا: ألا تَسْتَنْصِرُ لنا ألا تَدْعُو لَنا؟ فقالَ: قدْ كانَ مَن قَبْلَكُمْ، يُؤْخَذُ الرَّجُلُ فيُحْفَرُ له في الأرْضِ، فيُجْعَلُ فيها، فيُجاءُ بالمِنْشارِ فيُوضَعُ علَى رَأْسِهِ فيُجْعَلُ نِصْفَيْنِ، ويُمْشَطُ بأَمْشاطِ الحَدِيدِ، ما دُونَ لَحْمِهِ وعَظْمِهِ، فَما يَصُدُّهُ ذلكَ عن دِينِهِ، واللَّهِ لَيَتِمَّنَّ هذا الأمْرُ، حتَّى يَسِيرَ الرَّاكِبُ مِن صَنْعاءَ إلى حَضْرَمَوْتَ، لا يَخافُ إلَّا اللَّهَ، والذِّئْبَ علَى غَنَمِهِ، ولَكِنَّكُمْ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ.