An interfaith council has urged Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the cabinet to protect the rights of all Malaysians in line with the Federal Constitution.

The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Taoism (MCCBCHST) in a statement also urged the government to declare as unconstitutional existing state laws that impose a blanket ban on the use of words such as “Allah” by non-Muslims - even without the element of propagation.

“The MCCBCHST notes that...