Mahi Ramakrishnan

Modern Malaysia Grapples with Islamization

by Mahi Ramakrishnan
- Malaysia -


Eight years ago I followed the Muslim religious authorities, dubbed the morality police, on a raid in Malaysia's federal capital, Kuala Lumpur for an article I was writing on the religious body and its function. We walked silently around Titiwangsa Park until the officers spotted a Malay couple sitting together. They quickly crouched behind a tree, watched the couple canoodle and then jumped on them, literally.

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