The Nut Graph, 4 Nov 2009
Malaysia is a country witnessing the "emerging dominance" of Islam even though it was not always a Muslim-majority country, the chair of a United Nations (UN) body on inter-religious relations said.
Professor Emeritus Gary D Bouma¸ who is Unesco Chair in Inter-religious and Intercultural Relations — Asia Pacific, said that historically speaking, a Muslim majority was not always the "lived reality" in Malaysia.
"Younger Malaysians might know Malaysia as a Muslim-majority country, but someone from two generations ago would have lived a reality in which Muslims were not the majority," he said.
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