Since Malaysia's 50^th birthday is coming up on the 31^st of August, I thought it would be a good time to see what was on the minds of their founding fathers when they drafted the constitution with the Reid Commission. So if you're interested in what's happening religiously up north, I would like to direct your attention to this very interesting article. It gives a historical perspective on the current issue/controversy about the country being an Islamic state even though the constitution says otherwise.

http://www.jeffooi.com/2007/07/merdeka_50_years_of_islamic_st.php

The first and third PM of Malaysia say "secular", then the fourth and the fifth's DPM say "Islamic". So when did it change? I think it was during the tenure of the fourth when he tried to out-islamise PAS.

Labels: malaysia, politics, religion