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        "msgid": "malaysian-states-stub-out-smoking-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-12-30 00:00:00",
        "title": "Malaysian states stub out smoking",
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        "summary": "Malaysian states stub out smoking KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): A ruling by two Malaysian states that smoking is \"sinful\" has met with protests by Moslems and tobacco growers, but Islamic clerics yesterday assured that the move was not yet official. Abdul Hamid Zainal Abidin, director-general of the state-run Islamic Center, said Moslems should not panic as a final decision was yet to be made on a federal basis.",
        "content": "<p>Malaysian states stub out smoking<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): A ruling by two Malaysian states that<br>\nsmoking is \"sinful\" has met with protests by Moslems and tobacco<br>\ngrowers, but Islamic clerics yesterday assured that the move was<br>\nnot yet official.<\/p>\n<p>Abdul Hamid Zainal Abidin, director-general of the state-run<br>\nIslamic Center, said Moslems should not panic as a final decision<br>\nwas yet to be made on a federal basis.<\/p>\n<p>\"We will announce the outcome of our study once it is<br>\ncompleted,\" said Abdul Hamid, who added it was better to educate<br>\nMoslems than to introduce regulations to solve problems.<\/p>\n<p>The Islamic bodies in northern Kedah and central Selangor<br>\nstates last week ruled that smoking was \"haram\" (sinful) as it<br>\ncould endanger a person's health.<\/p>",
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