A 'religious' war has just started and it certainly looks 'politically' motivated.
The Malaysian Insider reported:
Islam says that not all religions are equal, the federal government's main religious think tank Ikim clarified today, as Umno-linked scholars began an attack on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for promoting religious pluralism.
The Institute of Islamic Understanding's (Ikim) statement comes just a day after a forum organised by Islamic scholars accused the opposition leader of equating Islam with other religions for political mileage.
Why is Ikim afraid that Islam will be threatened by 'religious pluralism' if indeed Islam is supreme?
What is 'religious pluralism'? Is it in the Constitution?
All I know is that 'Freedom of religion is enshrined in the the Malaysian Constitution. First, Article 11 provides that every person has the right to profess and to practice his or her religion and (subject to applicable laws restricting the propagation of other religions to Muslims) to propagate it. Second, the Constitution also provides that Islam is the religion of the country but other religions may be practiced in peace and harmony (Article 3).'
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