Malaysia 180 and Religion

Its the opinion of Malaysia 180 that in a multi religious society, such as Malaysia, that government should have a neutral approach to religion.  

The only way to truly have a neutral approach is for government to have no official dealings with any religion.  Any alternative would create accusations of favouritism.

The Constitutional statement on Freedom of Religion would be strongly supported.  The statement that Islam is the Official Religion would be acknowledged but not acted upon.

Thus 180 would cut all financial and legislative ties with all religions.  It would be up to the individual religions to decide which institutions and services they would maintain.  Those that  religious bodies choose not to support would be either adapted for non religious purposes or they would be dismantled.

Malaysia 180 would actively campaign against religious practices which were deemed to be contrary to the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women

In the longer term Malaysia 180 would like to initiate debate on the role of the King/Sultans and the possibility of changing Malaysia to become a republic