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Secular? Minutes of Reid Commission meeting 19 Sept 1956 (declassified doc. Public Records Office, Kew London)

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“The question of the religion of the State being Islam at the same time as the State is secular require further explanation” -ReidCommission

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“In private, however, the Commission expressed concern over the contradiction between the Alliance declaration that Malaya would be a secular state and the provision for Islam to be the official religion of the Federation.”
“In private, however, the Commission expressed concern over the contradiction between the Alliance declaration that Malaya would be a secular state and the provision for Islam to be the official religion of the Federation.”

ABOVE: From Joseph Fernando’s monograph titled ‘The Making of the Malayan Constitution’

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One thought on “Secular? Minutes of Reid Commission meeting 19 Sept 1956 (declassified doc. Public Records Office, Kew London)”

  1. The MCA was not all out on simplistic issues on religion at that material time anyway what they up to isikan their temolok dulu to the fullness of their lust,

    anyway the beginning was to fill with most A rated cabinet post because cina pandai meniaga jika cina Tongsan mari pergi korek lombong maa, melayu tanam padi sudah boleh cukup makan, India duduk estate tak usah keluar pekan kalau RPK kata cina di belakang DAP tersangatlah jitu

    apa lagi cina mau J’Star say in democracy everybody has their right to pilih one what, bullshit orang macam ni DS Najib bekenan in his arch najib

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