The continued use of religious and racial issues as political tools poses a significant threat to national unity and must be curbed immediately, said the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah.

Sultan Nazrin said when religion and ethnicity are utilised as legal tender for political gain, excessive rhetoric masked in religious fervour and provocative slogans associated with ethnic identities become more prevalent.

“Such rhetoric and slogans are akin to embers that can ignite a spark - if not swiftly contained, they risk igniting a conflagration of animosity capable of devastating our nation...