KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 — Putrajaya’s silence in the face of the latest claim of a Christian ploy to strip Muslims of their rights is proof that Malaysia has become a “sick example” of racial disharmony, Lim Kit Siang said today. The DAP adviser demanded answers to why the accusation by the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) had been permitted in last week’s Friday sermon, and reminded the Najib administration of its pledges during last year’s World Interfaith Harmony Week. “Malaysia was in the global forefront last year in the celebration of World Interfaith Harmony Week,” Lim said in a statement here. The World Interfaith Harmony Week, a brainchild of King Abdullah of Jordan that was endorsed in 2010 by the United Nations General Assembly, is a global celebration that kicks off today and goes on until February 9. Last year, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak visited numerous places of worship to commemorate the celebration and held a gathering ...
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