Why is a formal inter-religious dialogue not urgent?

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According to the Gerakan president, who is also the minister in the prime minister's department Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon, an inter-religious dialogue need not to be formalized and it can be held via "teh tarik" type of sessions which is to be organized by the federal government from time to time with each session separately for each religious bodies.

Just what is Dr Koh talking about? Is he really serious about national unity and religious harmony? We should say he did not really recognize the active role current undertaken by the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST) in promoting multiracial and inter-religious harmony in our nation.

In fact the MCCBCHST had been trying to include the Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim) but the federal government's religious institution was too arrogant to join effort with the MCCBCHST for the betterment of national unity and promote inter-religious harmony.

Jakim had since refused to recognize the role currently play by the MCCBCHST and preferred going on its own in promoting only one religion and its supremacist stand.

There! It shows that Dr Koh is afraid of Jakim and Umno. The National Unity Department under his charge is nothing but a mere window dressing for the Umno-led BN federal government.

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