The implementation of hudud will destroy racial ties in the country as it is not yet understood by all Malaysians, the minister in charge of national unity, Joseph Kurup, warned today.

Speaking to reporters at a round-table discussion on the Islamic penal system, Kurup, who is a minister in the Prime Minister's Department, said the nearly two-decade-old initiative by PAS to enforce hudud in Kelantan could still expect to face much resistance.