PETALING JAYA: While the Selangor Sultan has ordered the state’s religious authorities to allow the Bon Odori Festival to go on, Islamist party PAS is staying adamant that Muslims should stay away from the Japanese cultural fiesta in Shah Alam.
PETALING JAYA: The PAS-led Kelantan government had organised the Bon Odori Festival twice in 2018 and 2019, claims Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman.
PETALING JAYA: A suggestion to rename the Bon Odori Festival to "Japanese cultural or societal festival" has riled many Malaysians, who took to social media to question how anyone's faith can be so easily swayed by a foreign cultural event.