That is state definition. Even PAS challenged that, saying Islam is not exclusive to Malays only, but other races too. (I agreed with PAS on this)

But then, that's a leftover legacy from colonial era. Something even the current Administration never bothered to change.

Sigh ....

Neither as far as I can find, does the constitution say that Malays can't be of another religion.

Do your research bub ... From Article 160 (2):

"Malay" means a person who professes the religion of Islam, habitually speaks the Malay language, conforms to Malay custom "

Eat your heart out ...

No this is defining of who a "Malay" person is in the constitution. So if a Malay person changes his/her religion, they won't be granted the special priveliges of a "Malay" person protected under the constitution, but it won't change their ethnicity, it can't.

From a legal point of view, a "Malay" person needs to be defined otherwise anyone can call themselves a "Malay".

Yes, it won't change their real ethnicity, but within the Constitution context, they actually did lose the title Malay.

These Malay sucker apostates will be the ones complaining losing their entitled Bumiputra rights, as if we givva fart to 'em ...

Do your research bub ... From Article 160 (2):

"Malay" means a person who professes the religion of Islam, habitually speaks the Malay language, conforms to Malay custom "

Eat your heart out ...

^ There is no such thing for Chinese Malays or anything right now. All those practice have been demolished.

Because simply:

"Malaysian citizen who professes to be a Muslim, habitually speaks the Malay language, adheres to Malay customs"

In case you may forget, Tun Dr. Mahathir Muhammad is of Muslim Mamak lineage, his dad is a Muslim Malabari Indian, while his mom a Malay.

One more thing, our Minister od Foreign Affairs, Syed Hamid Albar is of Yemeni Arab-Malay lineage, & he is considered a Malay.

Ohhh, the founding father of UMNO, Datuk Onn Jaafar, is of Turkish-Malay lineage.

One more thing, Muslim Mamak & Muslim Arab-Malay descendants in Malaysia are already assimilated into Malay culture.

Remember, Islam & Malay in Malaysia is inseparable. It is a single identity.

That's why there's the phrase, "Masuk Islam = Masuk Melayu".

Its cultural thing is Malaysia.

As long as I've known you, you come across as someone very staunch in your belief of Islam. Hypothetically if I said to you, Protoculture that you can either practice Isam or preserve your Bumi status, which would you choose? Your religion I would expect, as would most people. Choice of religion to most people is more important then materialistic things.

Looks like anyone can be a Malay, even for a Chinese. Just need to convert to Islam, speaks Malay language and practice Malay custom. You would call them Chinese-Malay . It is kind of dilute the meaning for being a Malay though

^ There is no such thing for Chinese Malays or anything right now. All those practice have been demolished.

If you can have Indian, Yemeni or Turkish lineage as Malay, why not a Chinese that has gone thru the same assimilation process?

Well, there you are wrong. Both the religion & Bumi status are important to me. Because, I grow up as a Muslim, within Malay culture & identity.

Of course, at the end I'd choose Islam, but I won't ditch my Malay culture values. Simple reason, thanks to 600 years of systematic assimilation, Malay cultures are abounds with Islamic values.

A Malay Adat (Tradition) is crafted from Islamic Adhab. As such, to separate such things in my own personal experience, simply abhorrable.

for thousand times, i agree that people of different races should receive equal treatment in this country. but in religious matter, We will not tolerate the expansion of religions other then Islam. the followers may practice their religion freely, and they may adopt their own court of law iin the case that doesn't involve muslims.

How could a freedom of religion correspond with the technological achievement? You look back in history, Muslims have a remakable achievement in the field of science and technology and they are far more notoriously islamic then what you have in malaysia today. the problem is with you western "free thinkers" is that when you close, you close everythings without exception. and when you open, you open everythings. this correspond with the medieval europe when knowledge other then what the church teach is forbidden (close everything) and when westerners reach the age of enlightment, they adopt free thinking, to much if i may say (open everything). in Islam, we regulate which door to open and which door to close. we do not forbid knowledge, instead we encourage it. but we don't tolerate any god other then Allah.

If there's a problem in malaysian achievement, it's the peoples fault, not Islam. Islam has proven itself to be a religion of progress. that's why we have a word Algebra, Alchemy, alembic and so on. It is Islam who change the Arabs froman uncivilized nomadic tribe into one of the greatest civilization in history. and i may say it was Islam in Andalusia and Sicily that pull Europe out of the dark age and into the era of great civilization, not christian.

Wake up my Muslim friends! I am here as a Kefir to wake up you all Muslim that remind you the glory of Islamic has been pass. The world always changing on day by day and you all Muslims are still but-of-date minded. You know why the Communism Ideology in China still can survive in the globalization? Compare the other communism country always fail? The Communism Ideology in China always keeps in up-date by time to time. Most in the public articles, I noticed that the Muslims worried of the Jewish and America to destroy their civilization. The Muslims still blur! In the fact, the Muslims should worry the Muslim on self. The Muslim on self will destroy the Islamic! May be like Maya Civilization? The Jewish and America no needed to do anything and they just watching, because what? Again the same answer, the Muslims on self are destroying their own faith!