Mutual inconvenience: why Alaska for the Trump-Putin summit on Ukraine?
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Remote US state is not an easy destination for either leader, but the
choice of venue reflects the many factors at play
It is unlikely that Vladimir Puti...
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Malaysia, a predominantly Muslim country of around 28 million people, is the 179th country to have diplomatic relations with the Vatican.
ReplyDeleteSome nine percent of Malaysians are Christian, including 850,000 Catholics.
Last month Najib met with Malaysian church leaders in a bid to ease religious tensions stirred by a report that alleged Christians wanted to replace Islam as the official religion.
The row is one of a string of religious disputes in recent years that have raised fears among minorities that the country is being "Islamised" and that their rights are being eroded.
Religion and language are sensitive issues in multi-racial Malaysia.