KUALA LUMPUR: “Secular” is defined as not being connected with religion or spiritual matters, Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia said.
“Our Constitution clearly states that Islam is the religion of the federation and other faiths can be practised peacefully as well,” Pandikar Amin told the Dewan Rakyat yesterday when rejecting a motion to refer Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom to the Rights and Privileges Committee.
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