COMMENT De facto law minister Nancy Shukri's statement as to why a particular individual was not charged for advocating the burning of the Bible makes it even more urgent to expedite the repeal of the Sedition Act.

The minister says that the intention of the person was not to cause chaos but to defend his religion.

This statement seems to validate inflammatory statements made in defence of one's religion – a rather dangerous statement in a multi-religious society such as ours...