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Malaysia Hindu rites row: live stream of Muslim youth’s repentance fuels fury

· By Iman Muttaqin Yusof
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A young Malaysian Muslim who took part in Hindu rituals to pray for his ailing mother publicly repented on Thursday in a ceremony live-streamed by state religious authorities, a day after a sharia court ordered him to undergo three months of faith rehabilitation. The spectacle has raised questions about the enforcem…

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