PETALING JAYA: An interfaith group has called on the government and Islamic authorities to not impose a blanket ban on Muslims from going to non-Muslim places of worship but must make it clear there will be no propagation to Muslims.
The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism said the recent statement by the Selangor religious affairs exco member Mohd Zawawi Ahmad Mughni that any programme involving Muslims at non-Muslim houses of worship is not allowed, appears to suggest that even unity walks to houses of worship are disallowed.
MCCBCHST said that for over 10 years, it together with other NGOs, like the Allied Coordinating Council of Islamic NGOs , Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia and Ikram Association Malaysia , had taken part in unity walks to places of worship as a show of respect and tolerance including some organised by the National Unity and Integration Department.
"The unity walks to places of worship are to see and understand the different cultures. There is no propagation of any religion involved. The Non-Islamic Religions Enactment 1988 referred to by the state exco is enacted under Article 11 of the Federal Constitution and which prohibits only ‘propagation of any religious doctrine or belief among persons professing the religion of Islam’.
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