KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 — Religious restrictions in Malaysia have dwindled over the years, a recent study on 198 countries by Washington-based Pew Research Center released last...
File picture of tourists visiting Putra Mosque in Putrajaya, July 19, 2023. Citing the US State Department’s International Religious Freedom Report, it pointed to how the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia provided funds for mosque projects, and while no funds were specifically allocated for non-Muslim groups, temples and churches also received funding. It also highlighted how 1,145 Hindu temples received government funding from December 2020 to May 2021.
Despite that, GRI showed that government restrictions on religion in Malaysia continue to persist at a “very high” level, with Malaysia lumped together in the worst category of “very high” with other countries which scored 6.6 and higher.In Asia-Pacific, the only countries which ranked higher than Malaysia in GRI were Afghanistan, China, Iran, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Meanwhile, the SHI measures acts of religious hostility by private individuals, organisations or groups in society such as religion-related armed conflict or terrorism, mob or sectarian violence, harassment over attire for religious reasons and other forms of religion-related intimidation or abuse.
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