This country is not just for Malays, Muslims, says Nazri

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KUALA LUMPUR: Nazri Aziz, Malaysia’s former ambassador to the US, has commended the people of Sabah and Sarawak for exemplifying the true spirit of a multiracial Malaysia, urging Malays in the peninsula to follow their example.

“This country is not just for Malays and Muslims. It is multiracial and multireligious. We cannot speak as if we only represent the Malays and Muslims,” Nazri told FMT.

He was asked about the country’s political direction and what Malaysians could expect with the growing influence of political Islam.

Nazri said Sabahans and Sarawakians have a stronger sense of the Malaysian identity.

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