COMMENT | According to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, the Dewi Sri Pathrakaliamman temple controversy dominating social and print media during the last several weeks has been settled.

So, what are the key takeaways and lessons learned?

Firstly, this was no ordinary or usual religious or racial controversy. The displacement of the century-old temple to make way for the expansion of a planned Madani Mosque was unprecedented.

Not surprisingly, it set off a response from thousands of social media commentators and became the main talk in possibly millions of households and group chats all around the country. It is a subject that will continue to be discussed for a long time.

The controversy had the potential to ignite a...