With new leadership, Malaysians hope for more interfaith understanding
After voters ousted the party that had ruled Malaysia since independence from Britain, some are looking to improve interfaith relations—starting with getting to know each other.
(The Christian Science Monitor) Jason Lee holds three smoldering incense sticks at his forehead and bows three times at an altar. He then pauses in prayer and places a candle on a mantle in front of the altar. The Muslim call for noon prayer, the adhan, rings out overhead.
Lee is a Buddhist, his neighbor is a Hindu, his cousin is a Taoist, his best friend is a Christian. They are all Malaysians living in a country whose official religion is Islam.
“We are many faiths but one country,” Lee said while leaving the Buddhist Maha Vihara temple.
