my my guest is malaysia's minister for islamic affairs, mujahid yusof rawa. id yusof rawa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. how serious are the current religious tensions we are seeing in malaysia? well, malaysia is a multi- with racial and multireligious country but the relationship with between all of the relationships and defined by the constitution. islam being the official religion. article three states that very clear. and in the same article it mentions that other faith are free to practise. article ii other faith are free to practise. article 11 clearly mentions about freedom of religion but with the caveat, that only the islamic religion can be promoted. 0k, caveat, that only the islamic religion can be promoted. ok, you have set the scene with your constitution, but, for example, a year ago, you took office, your alliance of hope, and in november the last year, we took —— saw a particular nasty incidents of violence at a hindu temple. as many as 200 mast individuals entered the temple and attempted to forcibly remove the bautista agut —— mas