“To let him speak or not to” - that is the question. One that is distracting Malaysians from focusing on the 1MDB mega-money laundering scheme, the revelations of the Panama Papers, and the question of who is going to take over the country when the time comes for a premature inevitable change in leadership.

But let us put this Zakir Naik’s issue to rest. It is a simple matter.

Let him speak. Maybe he has some good things to say but he has to understand how to speak well, with diplomacy, in a multicultural and multi-religious society such as Malaysia in which people are shunning any talk that can further divide the different races and faiths.