A three-way race to form Malaysia’s next government is proving too close to call just days out from Saturday’s national elections, in a contest experts say may shape the course of the country’s nascent fight against top-tier corruption. The incumbent Barisan Nasional, a coalition of parties led by the United Malays National Organization, is aiming…
Popular progressive and conservative challengers to the ruling Barisan Nasional, and an unprecedented influx of young new voters, are making Saturday’s poll too close to call
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March 16, 2021
A handout photo. Crowd of people gather at Seri Petaling Mosque, mosque linked as hotspot for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 29, 2020.
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A Malaysian court’s decision last week to overturn a decades-old policy banning Christians from referring to God by using the Arabic word “Allah” is unlikely to close the chapter on the saga, analysts say, with the government on Monday (March 15) appealing against the ruling following pressure from conservative Muslims.
With the country likely headed for fresh elections later this year, the resurgence of the issue – and the possibility of rekindled tensions among Muslims and Christians – might give embattled Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin yet another political headache, the analysts added.