The delayed 2025 United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) General Assembly concluded last week with renewed attention on the party’s political future following the announcement of a proposed Grand Collaboration by its President, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The initiative was presented as an effort to unite Malay and Islamic political forces within Malaysia, 

One of the most dangerous things facing the Islamic Ummah today is that its youth fall into the traps of hellish, corrupting plans. The youth constitute about 60% of the Islamic Ummah, and by corrupting them, the West ensures its survival, continuity, and the spread of its deviant and perverse ideas.

On January 18, 2026, the Syrian interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, signed an agreement for a ceasefire, and the full integration of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into the Syrian army. This followed rapid security and military developments in the preceding days.

It is not surprising that a party (hizb) which does not recognize the rules of the existing international order, does not seek permission from ruling regimes to promote its ideology, and refuses to derive its legitimacy from human constitutions or political recognitions, would be targeted.