Ignorance makes some equate talk about Islam with Islamisation, says Anwar

The PKR president says purveyors of extremism and terror cannot be defeated if one is completely ignorant of Islam. FMTNews AnwarIbrahim PKR

PKR president Anwar Ibrahim speaking at the International Unity in Diversity Conference.

The PKR president said this when recalling the dialogue on Islam and Confucianism held on Nov 30 in Penang, which was attended by 400 Muslim and 400 Chinese leaders. “That is why, because of the sheer ignorance, there is so much prejudice to the extent that anything you talk about Islam becomes Islamisation or Arabisation,” he said when delivering his keynote address at the International Unity in Diversity Conference here.

Also, late last month, the education ministry dismissed accusations that it was forcing Islamisation on students in public schools and universities, following the leak of a letter allowing a government religious foundation to carry out Islamic programmes there.

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