PUTRAJAYA: With fascism and right-wing ideologies appearing to gain ground in the West, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has stressed the importance of maintaining unity in Malaysia. Anwar said there also seems to be a strong wave of racism and Islamophobia spreading in the United States and Europe at present. This country must be safe and we must not underestimate this," he said during the National Unity Ministry's monthly assembly here on Monday (Feb 9). "Fascism and racism are on the rise... (as well as) Islamophobia, hatred of minorities, of different races and other religions," he added. "This Ministry must emerge as the best example (of unity)," he stressed.

Source: The Star February 09, 2026 03:48 UTC