Understanding liberalism and religious pluralism


Let’s not forget that a liberal approach is the fourth goal of the Rukunegara, our National Charter.

THE fatwa issued by the Selangor Islamic Religious Council (MAIS) and gazetted on July 31 declaring any person or group “professing liberalism or religious pluralism” as “deviants” raises some troubling questions. The group, Sisters in Islam, was specifically named in the fatwa.

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