COMMENT | Umno secretary-general Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said the recent allocation of RM1.9 billion to Islamic affairs is proof that the allegations that DAP is a threat against the Malays and Islam are slander.

For decades, the Islamic bureaucracy through its various tributaries has moulded a young now voting polity to despise democratic traditions and norms - believing that doing so makes you a better Muslim.

In fact, the demonisation of Muslims who do not follow this groupthink is the underlying cause of tension within the Malay community, even more so than the cultural war with the non-Muslim communities.

If DAP were really anti-Malay and anti-Islam, this would mean that...