Mahathir advises local Muslims

Fri, 31 Dec 1999 | Source: DPA

KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday encouraged Malaysian Muslims to practice their religion in full view of all, so that suspicions and misconceptions could be avoided.

Mahathir was speaking at the opening of the International Conference of Religious Studies Meeting the Millennium which is aimed at promoting peace and creating an understanding between various religious denominations.

Asia's longest reigning democratically elected leader said that such steps would avoid undue reactions and allay the false fears that Malaysia might impose Islam on the non-Muslim minorities.

Almost 500 delegates from as far afield as Taiwan and Hong Kong are attending the conference.

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