PETALING JAYA: Perlis has “practically sabotaged” national initiatives to progressively resolve the long-standing controversy on unilateral conversion of minors to Islam.
1Malaysia Foundation chairman Dr Chandra Muzaffar said it had marred the Federal Government’s noble endeavour to find sensible ways to overcome controversies that have burdened society for so long.
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