Article: Malaysia is not secular or an Islamic state: PM.

Malaysia is not secular or an Islamic state: PM

Kuala Lumpur, Aug 5 (PTI) Malaysia is neither a secular nor a theocratic state, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has said, days after his deputy had created resentment among minority groups by saying the country is an Islamic state.

"We are not a secular state, we are also not a theocratic state like Iran and Pakistan which Pan-Malaysian Islamic party wants us to be, but we are a government that's based on parliamentary democracy," the prime minister was quoted as saying by Bernama news agency yesterday.

Deputy prime minister Najib Razak's earlier remarks in which he said Malaysia was an ...

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