Destruction of Non-Muslim Worship Centers Riles Faith Minorities in Malaysia
By Sean Yoong
Associated Press Writer
Fri, Mar. 30 2007

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) - The cavernous pink Putra Mosque with its soaring minaret is one of the most commanding sights and popular tourist photo backdrops in the new city of Putrajaya.

A Malaysian tourism flag is seen in front of the Petronas Twin Tower and the world's largest mobile ferris wheel, the ''Eye on Malaysia'' in Kuala Lumpur.

A house of worship for thousands of Muslims in the 8-year-old administrative capital of Malaysia, it is a showcase of the nation's dominant faith — Islam.

But the mosque also highlights the fact that Putrajaya doesn't have a single church or temple — a fact that minority Buddhists, Hindus and Christians see as one example of the second-class treatment other faiths get in this Muslim-majority country. the rest