PUTRAJAYA, Feb 27 — Allocating RM2 million from Budget 2023 to print and distribute 20,000 translated copies of the Quran is reasonable, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today.
Anwar, who is also finance minister, was responding to criticism that the money is “too much” just for that purpose, following his retabling of Budget 2023 in Parliament last Friday.
“Why is it too much? It’s the Quran and it’s not just in the Swedish language but others too and for the purpose of fostering understanding.
“The problem now is that there is a lack of understanding. Those who oppose Islam they don’t read scripture and then those who fight back also never bother to learn about other cultures,” he told reporters after speaking at an international conference to address Islamophobia here.
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