Elements of Islamic History in the Works of Nur al-Din al-Raniri

A Brief Historical Account of Global Data Privacy Regulations and the Lessons for Malaysia

“…69 Hence, Islam plays a dominant role in Malaysian culture, politics and policies, and so in the case of privacy and, the Malaysian approach to privacy is greatly influenced by Islamic laws. 70 The influence of Islam and Islamic beliefs on the traditional Malaysian culture has been manifested by many other ancient texts, inter alia, the 71 This pro-Islamic Malay perception of privacy is exposed to housing planning, layout preparation, gender-based space management also so that the daily household-works of women cannot be viewed by men, especially by the outsiders. 72 The prevailing Malay Budi (etiquette) and Bahasa (language) play a significant role in observing privacy in Malaysia too.…”