Topic: Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Two Malaysian states are set to change their Islamic laws to punish Muslims who engage in homosexuality, raising the prospect of gay Muslims being punished twice and stoking concerns about rising intolerance toward same-gender relationships.Homosexuality is punishable by ...
The Vatican and Malaysia have established official diplomatic ties, the Holy See announced on Monday after talks between Pope Benedict XVI and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak."In the cordial conversations, the positive developments in bilateral relations were discussed, and an agreement was ...
Prime Minister Najib Razak is due to meet Pope Benedict XVI mid-July as Malaysia embarks on a plan to establish diplomatic relations with the Vatican, a top official said Tuesday."The meeting with Pope Benedict XVI is set for July 18. The meeting ...
A former policeman fell to his death from a 16th floor hotel window ledge as he tried to evade a raid by Malaysia's Islamic morality police, officials said Wednesday.Islamic religious department officials carry out regular raids throughout the country, arresting Muslim Malays ...
Malaysian premier Najib Razak Thursday met church leaders in a bid to ease religious tensions stirred by a report that minority Christians wanted to replace Islam as the official religion.Church leaders have angrily denounced the report, which ran in the government-linked newspaper ...
Malaysia's top Islamic clerical body will decide the fate of a popular dance later this month after a state banned it over claims it contained "Christian rituals", according to reports.Harussani Zakaria, mufti of the northern state of Perak has said the "poco-poco" ...
A top Islamic official in a Malaysian state has outlawed a popular line dance, claiming Friday that it contained cult practices and elements of "Christian rituals" unacceptable to Muslims.Harussani Zakaria, mufti of the northern state of Perak, told AFP the "poco-poco" dance ...
The Malaysian government Tuesday eased conditions attached to the return of 35,000 Bibles impounded in a dispute over the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims.The government, which is often accused of favouring the Muslim Malay majority over Christians and other minorities, ...
Surrogacy is forbidden under Islam, a religious authority in Malaysia said Tuesday after reports that the practice is becoming more popular in the Muslim-majority nation."If another woman is introduced into the situation, then it means the real mother of the child can ...
Malaysia has cancelled a concert by a singer dubbed Iran's Bob Dylan after an Islamic party argued Mohsen Namjoo's work was incompatible with Islam, media reports and his website said Wednesday.The 34-year-old, whose music fuses traditional Iranian music with pop and jazz, ...
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Malaysia New Year Eve
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Malaysia Bus Accident
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Malaysia Anwar
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