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New media as the latest public preference of Muslims is no longer a mere speculation. This new hybrid of journalistic medium has become the latest information seeking trend of the new millennium. This new horizon must be embraced by all Muslims with precise comprehension of its spiritual and physical demands and needs. Lest, most Muslims forgot to refer to their two doctrines – AlQur’an and aH?d?th, before venturing through this treacherous age of borderless world. Evidently, since August 1996 all Malaysian Muslims had been actively participating with the creation of this new era, via the establishment of Malaysian Multimedia Super Corridor project. Therefore, this concept paper had assessed numerous documents on the impact of the new media that puts Malaysian Muslims’ communication culture at the verge of the new frontiers as its methodology. Among the documents were Acts, journals, books, newspapers, and academic excerpts. Findings from this paper had all pointed out towards the importance of adopting to ‘festina lente’ – i.e. to proceed expeditiously but with prudence on all accounts that dealt with new media. Thus, despite the numerous transitions of Malaysian governments since 2018, every single of them had consistently preferred not to relinquish itfs national integrity as the country’s primary policy. In fact, watching closely before taking any action is still Malaysia’s best principle; while reacting hastily are simply behaving like moths drawn to a blazing flame. It’s highly hoped that this paper will provide significant reference for future researchers in assessing on Muslims communication culture of other countries. With earnest prayer, may this paper shed some wisdom to all academia in paving the safest path in venturing through the perilous domain of our digital future.
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