Dong Zong denies its racist, says others oppose khat too

Dong Zong has rebuffed Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's assertion that the association is "racist" and that it opposes all government education policies.

In a joint statement with sister educationists' group Jiao Zong, the two said there were others who were also opposed to the imposition of khat lessons for vernacular schools and that this was the mainstream view of the non-Muslim community.

"In fact, not all Malays agree with this move. For example (former international trade and industry minister) Rafidah Aziz also said that khat should be an elective subject, not compulsory," the two associations said.

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