Malaysia accused of bowing to Islamists with book ban

July 30, 2017 5:00 AM

Malaysia has long outlawed books deemed “deviant” from mainstream Sunni Islam, but a ban on a book of essays by public intellectuals on Islam’s role in its constitutional democracy has drawn wide criticism for pandering to Islamists.

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