Hindu Activist on Trial in Muslim Malaysia

(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Classify this story as typical of the religion of peace and tolerance.

A PROMINENT ethnic Indian activist went on trial for sedition on Monday for claiming that the Malay Muslim-dominated government practiced 'ethnic cleansing' policies to persecute Malaysia's Indian minority.

P. Uthayakumar, a top official in the Hindu Rights Action Force activist group, was in court for his first public appearance since December 2007, when he and four other ethnic Indians were arrested and imprisoned without trial for allegedly inciting racial hatred.

Uthayakumar's group has returned to the spotlight after the government banned it last week and declared it an 'extremist group' that was 'detrimental to public order and security'.

The group shot to prominence last November when it led tens of thousands of ethnic Indians in a rare street protest calling for an end to pro-Malay policies and better opportunities for Indians, who are near the bottom of Malaysia's social ladder.

Uthayakumar, a key organiser of the rally, was charged with sedition in December for publishing material on a website that accused the government of 'ethnic cleansing' policies that included attacking and killing ethnic Indians.

Malaysia is only one of many Muslim countries which show little patience with infidels. Some nations pretend to be democracies but only as long as Muslims are superior. Any challenge to Muslim dominance is viewed as a threat to national security.