Race, religion still divisive issues in Malaysia: PM http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSKLR8346120071007
Sun Oct 7, 2007
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Fifty years after independence, race and religion remain divisive issues in Malaysia, with the nation at times coming "close to the brink of disaster", Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said. Malay Muslims form about 60 percent of the country's population of roughly 26 million. Hindus, Buddhists and Christians dominate among the Indian and Chinese minorities. http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSKLR8346120071007