Penang Mufti Wan Salim Wan Mohd Noor today called on the public not to make a big issue out of a recent religious conversion ceremony presided by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

While saying the matter should not be turned into a polemic, the cleric also believed that such activity should be left to the religious authorities or Islamic NGOs to avoid any controversy.

He said Anwar participated in the event out of spontaneity, which he believed was to fulfill...