adminKUALA LUMPUR: UMNO Youth insists it will not back down from defending the ummah unification agenda, despite facing pressure, humiliation and efforts to divide the struggle.
Its leader, Datuk Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh, said the movement not only played a role in starting the wave of unification, but would also be at the forefront to ensure that the agenda continued to be defended.
“When we started this wave of ummah unification, of course there were those who were angry, of course there were those who were angry… they spread all kinds of slander.”
“You paint, you insult, you press, but I will never bow down and turn back to pawn the unification of this ummah,” he said when delivering the UMNO Youth Chief’s Policy Speech at the UMNO General Assembly (PAU) 2026 at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur (WTCKL), here, today.
He added that Youth’s task is now much more difficult because after paving the way for unification three years ago, the movement needs to ensure that the unification continues to be maintained and strengthened.
According to him, efforts to divide the unification are expected to grow stronger as the wave develops.
“From day one we realized that the bigger this wave gets, the stronger the efforts to break it will be,” he said.
Meanwhile, Muhamad Akmal stressed that the concept of ummah unification and Malay-Muslim unification should not be seen as a threat to the non-Malay community.
“Defending the Malays does not mean being hostile to non-Malays. Upholding Islam does not mean denying the rights of other believers.”
“This is because, in Islam, we are taught that strong leadership must be leadership that is able to be fair to all Malaysians,” he added.
He said Barisan Nasional (BN) also has a record of ensuring that each component party can defend its own identity without denying the rights of other races.
The Melaka State Assemblyman (ADUN) for Merlimau also stressed that the struggle to defend the Malays, the Islamic religion and the institution of the Malay Rulers does not mean that the rights of the Chinese and Indian communities will be set aside.
He said that the unification that UMNO Youth is fighting for should not be limited to a political framework alone, but rather should have a direct impact on the lives of the people.
“Unification cannot stop at the political table. Today we are talking about unifying the ummah, yes, that is true, that is our fundamental, that is the basis of our struggle. But that is not enough anymore.
“Unification must be seen all the way to the people’s dinner tables,” he said.
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