The Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Shah has expressed sadness and concern about the way in which words like ‘multiculturalism’, ‘diversity’ and ‘tolerance’ have been weaponised in the culture wars of global political discourse today.

“As a firm believer in the virtues and value of diversity, then, I am deeply saddened and more than a little worried,” he said in his royal address at the 6th World Conference On Islamic Thought & Civilization (WCIT) 2022 in Ipoh today...