Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mujahid Yusof Rawa said towards that end, Putrajaya was planning to introduce a law to stop racial and religious insults.

Responding to a question from Ismail Mohamed Said (BN-Kuala Kurau) who asked on measures the authorities planned to take against those who insult Islam on social media, Mujahid said the new law would protect not only Islam, but also other religions, from insults.

He said he also would meet religious scholars this month on the matter, but did not give further details.

The previous government had drafted a National Harmony and Reconciliation Bill, but it never took off.

It was among three new laws proposed under the national unity blueprint by the National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC), of which Mujahid was a member.