global-journal-of-human-social-science-f-political-science Global Journal of Human-Social Science - F: Political Science 0975-587X 2249-460X Global Journals Publishing Group Incorporated 74291 Socio-Religious Tolerance: Exploring the Malaysian Experience TalibDr. A.T. MALAYSIA, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. 15 01 2012 12 8 49 54

This article will discuss the history of religious tolerance, its definitions and experience of Malaysian society. The brief discussion of the history of toleration starts from the Cyrus the Great of Persia 500 years BCE until this century. Then it continues with the debate on the definitions of tolerance. The discussion follows by exploring everyday life of the Malaysian society in which it seems that there are contradictory situations happen in Malaysia. From one pole, there are evidence of a highly tolerated society, whereby from the other pole, the situation is totally opposite.

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This article will discuss the history of religious tolerance, its definitions and experience of Malaysian society. The brief discussion of the history of toleration starts from the Cyrus the Great of Persia 500 years BCE until this century. Then it continues with the debate on the definitions of tolerance. The discussion follows by exploring everyday life of the Malaysian society in which it seems that there are contradictory situations happen in Malaysia. From one pole, there are evidence of a highly tolerated society, whereby from the other pole, the situation is totally opposite.