Malaysia: An Islamic, secular country

On July 1, 1954, Umno and MCA organised a parade through the streets of Johor Baru, ending by the stairs in front of Johor’s government department building to support a memorandum urging the establishment of the Federal Constitution. Such a vital document, fought for by our forefathers, cannot easily be changed. Photo: National Archives

Donald Trump has had an interesting first few months in office. One interesting event – out of very, very many – was the attempt to push through a presidential executive order that was, at its root, aimed at Muslims.

Of course, the White House denied this to be the case. They said that it was a travel ban on a few countries whose populace happened to be overwhelmingly Muslim.