The temple issue involves the developer and the temple owner. "It has nothing to do with ICERD and we shouldn’t relate it with the rally,” Tuan Ibrahim told reporters when met at the Parliament lobby on Wednesday (Nov 28) .“On this matter, we must respect the freedom of religion. "Even in warfare, Islam does not allow us to kill, to destroy places of worship, priests and even trees,” he added.Tuan Ibrahim hopes that the Dec 8 rally will be able to cool down racial tensions in the country.“A rally isn’t always negative. There are no disturbances so far and we must defend that.”At the same time, Tuan Ibrahim said that the government needs a new law to address issues on places of worship in the nation.“For example, we cannot simply build places of worship. At the same time, we must respect older places that have been around for more than a hundred years.“There must be a mechanism so that older places are maintained.

Source: thestar November 28, 2018 13:07 UTC