Why split the religious affairs portfolio? Hamzah asks Raub MP


KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition leader Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin has questioned Raub MP Chow Yu Hui's proposal to split the religious affairs portfolio into one for Islamic affairs and another for non-Islamic, reminding the latter that Islam is the official religion of the country.

Hamzah said that the appointment of a Muslim as Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) was due to that.

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