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Malaysia detains 2 Americans for 'distributing religious pamphlets'
 Malaysian police detained two Americans for allegedly handing out Christian religious pamphlets to Muslims near a mosque, officials said Wednesday. The two men were arrested during a routine police patrol for "disturbing the peace in a religious manner" Monday in Putrajaya, Malaysia's administrative capital just south of Kuala Lumpur, a district police official said on condition of anonymity. Details of the men's identities were not immediately available. Proselytizing of Muslims by members of other religions is prohibited in Malaysia, a moderate, predominantly Muslim Southeast Asian country. Police obtained a court order to detain the suspects for up to two weeks for questioning, the official said, adding that they were also being investigated for not having travel documents with them when the arrest occurred. It was not immediately clear what offense the men could be charged with, he said. A US Embassy officer visited the two men Wednesday, said embassy spokesman Frank Whitaker. Posted by: Fred 2005-04-28 |
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