Group urges Asean ministers to stop religion from causing dissent

PETALING JAYA: Asean leaders are urged to take proactive measures to prevent religion from being used to cause dissent among the communities in the region.

The International Forum on Buddhist-Muslim relations (BMF) said in a statement that recent conflicts such as the Rohingya issue in Myannmar and the inter-ethnic friction in southern Thailand had flared up in the region.