Moreover, efforts to Islamicize the state comes at a time when conflict in the Middle East has further politicized Muslim movements in Malaysia. They view themselves as counter-forces to cultural domination by the West, asserting their religious identity in the face of what they regard as imperializing ideas like secularism and human rights.
而且，将国家伊斯兰化的企图发生在中东冲突进一步将马来西亚的穆斯林运动政治化大的当口。他们自认为是西方文化统治的反抗力量，并且面对他们所认为的例如世俗主义和人权等帝国主义化观念时伸张他们的宗教身份特征。