Malaysia is considering a 50th birthday makeover:

Hardline Islamic law could be introduced across Malaysia under reforms proposed by the country’s chief justice… As Kuala Lumpur witnessed celebrations that included parades, fireworks and a fighter-jet fly-by attended by the Duke of York, the proposal pointed to the deep differences which locals say are poisoning social relations beyond the glitter and skyscrapers of Malaysia’s modern capital city.
Ahmad Fairuz, the chief justice, told an Islamic conference in Kuala Lumpur that 50 years of independence had failed to free Malaysia from the “clutches of colonialism”. Sharia law should be “infused” into the gaps created by abolishing common law, he said…
Sharia law already operates in some Malaysian states and is occasionally applied to non-Muslims, as in July when Islamic officials forcibly separated a Hindu-Muslim couple with six children after 21 years of marriage…

Forty per cent of Malaysia’s population is non-Muslim. The Chinese in particular provide a lot of the economic energy on which the “glitter and skyscrapers” depend. This doesn’t seem a smart move for one of the least worst Muslim countries. One of the underreported stories of the last few decades is the decline of Common Law and its replacement by Sharia – in Pakistan, Sudan, Nigeria. Not sure I’d bet on the United Kingdom holding the line.