Malaysia

Malaysia mapAglow Leader:
Swee Lin Tan
National Committee President

Capital: Kuala Lumpur

Pray:

  • Pray for continued unity among Christians in the face of opposition to Christianity.
  • Pray for more Aglow groups to be established in the nation.
  • Pray for Aglow leaders to rise more fully to their new identity in Christ.
  • Pray for God’s blessing on Malaysia’s political leaders that they will be empowered by God’s transforming power to lead the nation in righteousness and truth so that all people can live in peace and unity.

Proclaim:

  • Declare the glory of God to shine forth in Malaysia.  Proclaim that those who walk in darkness will be liberated.
  • Declare that the community of believers will manifest the radiance of Christ  in Malaysia so that all men will be drawn to Christ.

Read about the Aglow Malaysia Prayer Journey

Interesting Facts About Malaysia

Malaysia flagBackground: The adoption of Islam in the 14th century saw the rise of a number of powerful sultanates on the Malay Peninsula and island of Borneo. The Portuguese in the 16th century and the Dutch in the 17th century were the first European colonial powers to establish themselves on the Malay Peninsula and Southeast Asia. However, it was the British who ultimately secured their hegemony across the territory and during the late 18th and 19th centuries established colonies and protectorates in the area that is now Malaysia. These holdings were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula except Singapore formed the Federation of Malaya, which became independent in 1957.

Malaysia was formed in 1963 when the former British colonies of Singapore, as well as Sabah and Sarawak on the northern coast of Borneo, joined the Federation. The first several years of the country’s independence were marred by a communist insurgency, Indonesian confrontation with Malaysia, Philippine claims to Sabah, and Singapore’s withdrawal in 1965. During the 22-year term of Prime Minister MAHATHIR Mohamad (1981-2003), Malaysia was successful in diversifying its economy from dependence on exports of raw materials to the development of manufacturing, services, and tourism. Prime Minister MAHATHIR and a newly-formed coalition of opposition parties defeated Prime Minister Mohamed NAJIB bin Abdul Razak’s United Malays National Organization (UMNO) in May 2018, ending over 60 years of uninterrupted rule by UMNO. MAHATHIR resigned in February 2020 amid a political dispute. King ABDULLAH then selected Tan Sri MUHYIDDIN Yassin as the new prime minister.

Government Type: federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy

Population: 33,519,406 (July 2021 est.)

Ethnic Groups: Bumiputera 62% (Malays and indigenous peoples, including Orang Asli, Dayak, Anak Negeri), Chinese 20.6%, Indian 6.2%, other 0.9%, non-citizens 10.3% (2017 est.)

Languages: Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai

Religions: Muslim (official) 61.3%, Buddhist 19.8%, Christian 9.2%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 1.3%, other 0.4%, none 0.8%, unspecified 1% (2010 est.)

Interesting Facts information from the cia.gov website. Read more about Malaysia

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