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Najib an orang Bugis or orang Melayu?

This is an old posting given new life because it was picked up by Malaysia Today.

Is the Malaysian Prime Minister, who is a Bugis by descent, also a Malay? Is Malay a race or an ethnic grouping? What does all of this mean for ketuanan Melayu?

The Plugged in Twittering new Indonesian Foreign Minister

The Minister's practice of not shaking hands with women has generated a conversion on whether such behavior is sexually discriminative or whether it should be an accepted cultural/religious practice.

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