Malaysia Interfaith council say history and Constitution indicate a secular state

2 July 2014
Malaysia Interfaith council say history and Constitution indicate a secular state
Malaysia Interfaith council say history and Constitution indicate a secular state
<p>The national interfaith council has weighed in on the debate on whether Malaysia is a secular state and if hudud should be implemented in the country, pointing to historical evidence and provisions in the Constitution which dispel any doubts that the nation’s founding fathers had intended the nation to be a secular, not an Islamic state.</p><p>Citing historical documents such as the Alliance Memorandum submitted to the Reid Commission in 1956, and the white paper issued by the British government in June 1957, the council pointed out there was no historical document to contradict the fact that Malaysia was intended to be a secular state.</p>
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