PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia is neither an Islamic state nor a secular state, it’s just an ordinary state that recognises Islam as the official religion of the country. So says former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
“We have declared ourself as an Islamic state before, but that does not mean that we have to do all kinds of other things to make it Islamic.
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