A religious minefield


Local delight: Some of the traditional dishes served during the feast.

Religion is intertwined in many families in Sabah and alienating any group will have serious implications in the general election.

THE other day I had halal Du­­sun food. As a Catholic Ka­­dazandusun, I was cu­rious to know whether the Dusun Muslim dishes were the same as my community. (Dusun and Kada­zan are ethnic groups, part of the Kadazan­dusun indigenous community in Sabah.)

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