About 50 Malaysians have pressured a newly-inaugurated church to remove a cross on the building, claiming that the symbol "challenged" Islam, given that the area is inhabited by a Muslim majority there, the Ecumenical News website reports today (April 20, 2015).
Local residents of Tama Medan said the protest in Petaling Jaya was staged during a Sunday service on April 19.
The group marched toward the church around 10:00 a.m., insisting that the sight of the cross in an area populated mainly by Muslims seemed to be an affront to Islam.
"After meeting with the priest, the church agreed to take down the cross by next Sunday [April 26]," said village leader Datuk Abdullah Abu Bakar.
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