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Mujahid: Ponggal circular was on Muslim ethics, not properly crafted
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mujahid Yusof Rawa today said an Education Ministry circular on Ponggal was intended to explain how Muslims should conduct themselves during the festival but the failure to properly word it had caused controversy.
"There are ethics on how Muslims will attend occasions of other faiths. That's normal and nothing strange...
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