Malaysians were urged not to take the path of religious fanaticism and not allow politicians to exploit religious or racial issues when campaigning for votes.
In a public talk to an audience of over 200 last night at the Hussein Onn Eye Hospital, Pastor James Wuye and Imam Muhammad Ashafa concurred that religious leaders should be sincere, fair and mediate conflicts without any agenda for political advantage.
The public talk was organised by MRA/ Initiatives of Change Malaysia.
In a public talk to an audience of over 200 last night at the Hussein Onn Eye Hospital, Pastor James Wuye and Imam Muhammad Ashafa concurred that religious leaders should be sincere, fair and mediate conflicts without any agenda for political advantage.
The public talk was organised by MRA/ Initiatives of Change Malaysia.
"If politicians use religion or race to sway the people's minds then the country may head for disaster. Neither should politicians use religious leaders to influence the people, and in countries which have used such propaganda have torn their social fabric and were doomed," Pastor Wuye said.
Ashafa, meanwhile, stressed that the net result of any wrong actions by politicians will be a political tsunami and governments can be brought down if religion or race is preached the wrong way to win the people's support.
Pastor Wuye and Imam Ashafa were once-upon-a-time bitter rivals who at one time, they each tried to have the other killed but they now consider themselves as brothers.
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