Facts don't lie


  • Opinion
  • Sunday, 03 Jun 2007

We must not allow ancient animosities and fears to prejudice our march towards common sense and a common nationhood.

DATUK Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, the Perlis Mufti, continues to be a refreshing exponent of an effort to return to an interpretation of Islam that is freer of certain “protective” biases and prejudices that had crept into it resulting from the need to confront the periodic assaults against the Islamic ummah, states and empires by anti-Islam forces.

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