{
  "id": 12409482,
  "title": "Anwar says Muslims must embrace AI without losing their values",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/anwar-says-muslims-must-embrace-ai-without-losing-their-values",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-06T14:49:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/10/1549249/anwar-says-muslims-must-embrace-ai-without-losing-their-values"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim emphasized that Muslims must embrace technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) while maintaining their core values. He cautioned against abandoning faith, morals, and character in pursuit of change and new knowledge, warning that a Muslim community that neglects AI risks falling behind. Anwar clarified that Malaysia should not merely copy AI advancements from other nations, especially the West. Speaking at the opening of the 66th International Al-Quran Recitation and Memorisation Assembly (MTHQA), he cited a historical question posed in 1929 by scholar Sheikh Muhammad Basiuni Imran to the Cairo journal Al-Manar. Sheikh Imran questioned why Muslims were lagging behind when they claimed to follow the true religion, to which Lebanese thinker Amir Shakib Arslan responded that Muslims accepted the religion but failed to apply its teachings in daily life. Anwar drew parallels between Arslan's words and today's context, suggesting that a thriving Muslim community requires faith, knowledge, moral values, character development, perseverance, and the courage to effect change, all rooted in the study, understanding, and practice of the Quran. He also noted that recent visits by prominent Islamic scholars to Malaysia have highlighted the importance of returning to the Islamic intellectual legacy of over 1,400 years, known as \"turath,\" which should not be disregarded due to the presence of new figures claiming to possess all-encompassing knowledge. The 66th MTHQA, held from October 6 to 10, featured 50 participants from 38 countries, with Malaysia represented by four individuals in the recitation and memorisation categories.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: Muslims must master technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) without losing their values, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}