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| Southeast Asia |
| Malaysia bans media from covering Islamic state debate |
| 2007-07-21 |
| MalaysiaÂ’s government has banned the mainstream media from reporting on the highly sensitive issue of whether or not the country is an Islamic state, an official said on Friday. Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak sparked a storm last week when he declared that mostly Muslim Malaysia was not secular but an Islamic state that protects the religious rights of minority groups. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Oops! Let the cat out of the bag a little too soon, did we? |
| Posted by: Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2007-07-21 12:21 |
| #1 "When I call Malaysia an Islamic state that protects the religious rights of minority groups it means exactly what I want it to mean, nothing more and nothing less." — Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak — |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-07-21 00:36 |