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news.bbc.co.uk - 7/15/2009

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Religious row flares in Malaysia

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Christians light candles outside a church in Kuala Lumpur - file photo 25/12/2006

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democraticunderground.com - 7/15/2009

Religious row flares in Malaysia

— democraticunderground.com — Source: [b]BBC[/b] Police in Malaysia have said they will release nine Christians mistakenly accused of trying to... convert Muslim university students to Christianity. A university security guard wrongly thought they were handing Christian pamphlets to Muslims, police said. Trying to ... (more) Religious row flares in Malaysia

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Religious row flares in Malaysia
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... students and four friends from Hong Kong, were arrested late on Tuesday at Universiti Putra Malaysia in Serdang, near Kuala Lumpur. District police chief Zahedi Ayob said they had been distributing questionnaires to other Christians, not Muslims, as security guards at the university had believed. The arrests followed a controversy last week centring on two journalists who wrote about hiding their Muslim identity in order to receive Communion at a Roman Catholic church. Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8151352.stm

Gates of Vienna News Feed 7/15/2009
Gates of Vienna — ... Religious Row Flares in Malaysia Police in Malaysia have said they will release nine Christians mistakenly accused of trying to convert Muslim university students to Christianity. A university security guard wrongly thought they were handing Christian pamphlets to Muslims, police said. Trying to convert Muslims to another religion is forbidden in Malaysia, though Muslims may proselytise. Members of religious minorities have complained that their rights are being ignored in Muslim-majority ...