In Malaysia ...
1. by royal decree, citizens are committed to swear by principles
2. among these principles, is "belief in god"
3. whereby, "god" is not defined, so at this stage of presentation you could still "believe in god, where god is defined as a social construct"
4. subvening legislation ( the Constitution ) does specify that Islam is the religion of the federation
5. note that nowhere is it implied that the Federation and the Citizen are bound together by clauses which individually subject each one but not the other
6. Further study is required
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I've been studying the illegality of atheistic evangelism in Malaysia ... this notion seems to be rooted in formal discussions surrounding the writing of the Rukunegara ( see the arkib ) where freedom of religion is allowed, but not freedom to encourage disbelief in god ( loosely defined). Fascinating subject, impacting so many people. Historically we've also seen Malaysian atheism groups hauled up by the PDRM for investigation, and at the current time, I see their Facebook group is not findable from the public view.
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One of these days, I am going to write the Rukuneraka.
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