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Malaysia tribes 'forced to convert'
Indigenous groups in Malaysia are accusing the government of using religion as a condition for development aid.The ethnic tribes say infrastructure is offered to them if they abandon their animistic ways and embrace Islam - a claim the government rejects. Al Jazeera's Gerald Tan spoke to tribes in the central peninsular Malaysian state of Pahang. Doesn't surprise me in the least. The Malay sultans used to hold Sakai hunts, rounding up and banging the forest-dwelling aborigines from elephant back. Posted by: tipper 2010-08-08 |
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