The Muslim Community in ASEAN Community: Looking from Islamic Perspective

Abstract

The purpose of this article aims to explore and apply the Islamic concept to the case of the Muslim community in the context of ASEAN Community that includes the connecting between people-to-people link within ASEAN Community as which the principle of Islam concept known as “ummah” which influences on the process of ASEAN identity building within the region. This paper will also touch on the Muslim community in the ASEAN region, their immense potential to become important contributor towards ASEAN Community, the implementation of Muslim community forwards to the vision of ASEAN Community as said that “One Vision, One Identity, One Community” are discussed that this also in this article raises the challenge to Muslim in the region to envision a community of ASEAN, are discussed.