Ummah, a coalition of Malay-Muslim NGOs, has pledged to gather at least 500,000 people at Dataran Merdeka on Dec 8, to protest against the proposed ratification of the United Nations International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Icerd).

Its secretary-general Mansor Ibrahim said the protest against the UN instrument would proceed, even if they are not given the green-light by the authorities...