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Religious tolerance requires commitments from the society comprises of diverse backgrounds of religions, races and cultures. In Malaysia, religions and races are commonly interrelated. Malays are commonly known as Muslim, Chinese are commonly known as Buddhist or Christian. However, under current development, such relations are considered unnecessary since the population of Muslim, as well as other religions – are now involving people across races. Hence, each religion shared different cultures originated from their races. The shared values among the society should become a strength that could ensure the society to live in peace and harmony. The existence of hate crime involving religions are concerning in which it portrays the state of religious tolerance, particularly in Malaysia. Al-Shahrastani in his methodology exemplified religious tolerance that could be emulated. This paper is to significantly address the concern of hate crimes in Malaysia which considered as a barrier in practicing religious tolerance and the approaches used by al-Shahrastani in his practice to instill and improve religious tolerance in Malaysia. The methodology adopted for this paper is the qualitative approach which included literature review and observation. The finding shows that even though hate crimes are a barrier to religious tolerance in Malaysia, there are still possible improvements and suggestions that could be appropriated by emulating al-Shahrastani’s thoughts and methodology.
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In-Text Citation: (Zawawi, et al., 2020)
To Cite this Article: Zawawi, T. S. N. A. T. M., Md. Zain, A. D., Embong, R., Md. Lateh@Junid, H., Khairuldin, W. M. K. F. W., Alwi, E. A. Z. E. (2020). Hate Crime as a Barrier to Religious Tolerance in Malaysia: An Analysis of Al-Shahrastani’s Methodology in the Study of Religion. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences. 10(9), 934-942.
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