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SHAH ALAM - What if the forces dividing Malaysians are not simply misunderstandings, but patterns that have quietly been built around us? That is the question the New Muslims Community (NMC) Conference 2026 hopes to confront when it takes place at Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, Sept 13.
From 8am to 6pm, the conference will bring together speakers and participants to examine the forces pulling Malaysians apart — from race and religion to economic anxiety, social media, residential segregation and the question of belonging.
But the organisers are clear: this is not intended to be a day of simply diagnosing Malaysia’s problems.
It is about asking what comes next.
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The conference follows NMC’s Johor Bahru and Perak tours, where discussions explored how fear can be used to generate attention and votes, and how genuine economic hardship can be redirected into resentment between communities.
Now, those conversations converge at the Grand Conference.
The day will begin with “The Digital Battlefield”, examining how social media can amplify fear, anger and racial narratives.
The panel will ask a question many Malaysians may recognise: If people generally manage to live alongside one another in everyday life, why can the same country appear so deeply divided online? The discussion will examine how small incidents can be amplified into national controversies, and how outrage can become a powerful currency in the digital environment.
The second panel, “What’s Your ‘Type’?”, will discuss money and inequality.
It will explore assumptions that poverty belongs to one race while wealth belongs to another — stereotypes that can shape perceptions of opportunity, privilege, hiring, credit and business.
Rather than reducing Malaysians to racial categories, the session will ask what a fairer economy might look like when people are judged on merit rather than stereotypes.
The third discussion, “The Neighbourhood Without Neighbours”, will examine something Malaysians may rarely consider a national issue: where we live.
Residential patterns can increasingly separate people according to race, faith and background, potentially limiting the everyday opportunities for younger Malaysians to encounter people different from themselves.
The panel will ask what this means for the next generation — and what developers, local authorities and communities could do differently.
The final panel, “Living Between Two Worlds”, will bring the conversation back to the community at the heart of NMC: new Muslims.
Reverts often carry their previous cultural and family experiences while embracing Islam, giving them a lived perspective across different worlds.
The session will explore whether that experience can become more than a personal journey — and whether it can help rebuild trust between communities.
Throughout the day, audiences will not merely be spectators.
After every panel, attendees will have an opportunity to participate through OpenMic, asking questions, sharing experiences or responding to the discussion.
The organisers encourage respectful disagreement, while asking participants to challenge ideas rather than individuals.
The broader vision is ambitious: a Malaysia where differences are not automatically treated as fault lines, hardship is not blamed on race, and the country becomes a place that genuinely belongs to everyone who calls it home.
That makes NMCC 2026 more than a conference about reverts.
It is an invitation to Malaysians of every background to examine the stories they tell about one another — and ask whether they are ready to tell a different story.
Because perhaps the hardest question is not whether Malaysians can live together.
It is whether they can learn to trust one another again.
NMCC Conference 2026 takes place on Sept 13 at Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur. Tickets are available at nmcconference.org.