Malaysia tribes ‘forced to convert’
Government rejects claims it makes ethnic groups embrace Islam to get development aid.
Published On 8 Aug 2010
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.
Source: Al Jazeera