In June 2015, during a forum on Islam and human rights, retired law professor Shad Saleem Faruqi commented on the resistance to reform among Malaysia's Islamic authorities. He suggested that this resistance is economically motivated, stating that the institutionalization of Islam in Malaysia has significant economic implications. Professor Shad noted that the federal Islamic development department, JAKIM, receives substantial federal funding annually—specifically, RM783 million in 2015 and RM806 million in 2014. He argued that such financial incentives contribute to the reluctance of these authorities to relinquish power, framing what appears to be a religious struggle as fundamentally an economic one.
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