#  12 Muslims Fined for Malaysia Hindu Temple Protest 

 





July 27, 2010

 

 

Author: Julia Zappei

Source: Alabama Live

Wire Service: AP

[http://www.al.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/international-35/1280219257311550.xml&storylist=international](http://www.al.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/international-35/1280219257311550.xml&storylist=international)

A Malaysian court Tuesday fined 12 Muslims and sentenced one of them to a week in prison for illegally protesting the construction of a Hindu temple and parading a severed cow's head.

The protest last August stoked tensions among Malaysia's three main ethnic groups-the Malay Muslim majority and Chinese and Indian minorities, most of them Buddhists, Christians or Hindus who have complained that their religious rights are often sidelined in favor of Islam.



 

 

 



 

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- [ Malaysia ](/news-stories/malaysia)
- [ Zoning ](/news-stories/zoning)
- [ Religious Freedom ](/news-stories/religious-freedom)
- [ Hinduism ](/religions/hinduism)
- [ Interfaith ](/religions/interfaith)
- [ Islam ](/religions/islam)
- [ International ](/tags/international)
 
 

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