Embracing diversity: No need for guidelines on Muslim participation in non-Muslim events

The statement by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim that there is no need for new guidelines for Muslims visiting non-Muslim places of worship or events is most sensible and pertinent.

In the first place, it is totally unnecessary for the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs), Datuk Dr Mohd Naim Mokhtar, to have raised the matter without first bringing it up in the Cabinet, knowing that this would be a sensitive issue.