Call for interfaith studies to be taught in schools


SERI KEMBANGAN: Knowledge about all the religions practised in the country should be taught as a formal subject in schools and at universities to strengthen unity and harmony in Malaysia.

This suggestion was among those made at the 2016 Interfaith Forum organised by the Department of National Unity and Integration under the Prime Minister’s Depart­ment, and the Committee to Promote Inter-Faith Understanding and Harmony.

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