Malaysia not just for Malays, but for Muslims, says hardline Islamist group Hizbut Tahrir
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SERI KEMBANGAN, Oct 3 - The Malaysian chapter of hardline Islamists Hizbut Tahrir chided local Muslims today for their preoccupation with race, warning that tribalism is stopping the community from uniting with their brethren worldwide.
Hizbut Tahrir Malaysia (HTM) said many Malaysian Muslims have been influenced by "unIslamic thoughts" that cause them to insist that the country belongs solely to the Malays.
"The Muslims in Malaysia, who are mostly Malays, are still fighting for the Malays, their race. Whereas, in Islam that is haram [forbidden]," HTM spokesman Abdul Hakim Othman told reporters at the sidelines of the group's Muktamar Khilafah "Caliphate" 2015, a congress on establishing a caliphate.