4 8 ▁that ▁witness ed ▁a ▁major ▁cl amp down ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁colonial ▁government . ▁This ▁development ▁left ▁those ▁of ▁moder ate ▁and ▁traditional ist ▁fa ction , ▁with ▁an ▁opportunity ▁to ▁gain ▁their ▁ground ▁in ▁the ▁struggle ▁for ▁Mal aya ' s ▁independence . ▁The ▁conserv atives ▁led ▁by ▁United ▁Malays ▁National ▁Organ ization , ▁that ▁veh ement ly ▁promoted ▁Mal ay ▁language , ▁Islam ▁and ▁Mal ay ▁mon archy ▁as ▁pill ars ▁of ▁Mal ay ness , ▁emer ged ▁with ▁popular ▁support ▁not ▁only ▁from ▁general ▁Mal ay ▁population , ▁but ▁also ▁from ▁the ▁R ul ers ▁of ▁the ▁Conference ▁of ▁R ul ers . ▁Mass ▁protest s ▁from ▁this ▁group ▁against ▁the ▁Mal ay an ▁Union , ▁a ▁unit ary ▁state ▁project , ▁forced ▁the ▁British ▁to ▁accept ▁an ▁alternative ▁federal ist ▁order ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Federation ▁of ▁Mal aya , ▁the ▁Mal ay ▁translation ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁Per se k ut uan ▁Tan ah ▁Mel ay u ▁( liter ally ▁' F eder ation ▁of ▁Mal ay ▁Land '). ▁The ▁feder ation ▁would ▁later ▁reconst it uted ▁as ▁Malays ia ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 . ▁ ▁In ▁modern ▁times , ▁the ▁traditional ▁Mal ay ▁notion ▁of ▁fe alty ▁to ▁a ▁r uler , ▁charged ▁to ▁protect ▁Islam ▁in ▁his ▁territory , ▁is ▁central ▁in ▁both ▁Malays ia ▁and ▁Br une i . ▁In ▁Br une i , ▁this ▁has ▁been ▁institution al ised ▁under ▁the ▁state ▁ide ology ▁of ▁Mal ay ▁Islam ic ▁Mon archy ▁which