Kuala Lampur, Feb. 9 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim says respect is enough - that is, there is no need for rules or guidelines dictating how Muslims should conduct themselves at non-Muslim ceremonies held in houses of worship.

I say: respect the authority behind the guidelines.

As I wrote in Engage with minister on guidelines for Muslims, it is not the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) that issues the guidelines. It is the National Council of Islamic Religious Affairs or Majlis Kebangsaan Hal Ehwal Islam Malaysia (MKI) Fatwa Committee at its 68th meeting on April 12, 2005.

The MKI is a national co-ordinating body of the State Islamic Religious Councils. The Council was created in 1968 at the behest of the Con...