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When compassion speaks louder than confrontation

Malaysia Times desk Original: Free Malaysia Today 9/14 07:30 X
When compassion speaks louder than confrontation
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FMT executive chairman Nelson Fernandez reflects on how Malaysian newsrooms can provide better reporting on affairs of race and religion.

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Speaking at a public forum on social media and the young, he said “everyone talks about religion, but no one talks about love, compassion and kindness. Everything is confrontational. How can we speak about religion and confrontation in the same breath?”

The process towards overcoming confrontation must first begin in newsrooms. “Conflict is part of news. It should not become the only news,” he said at the New Muslim Community Conference yesterday.

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Free Malaysia Today
Originally published
Sep 13, 2026
Updated here
Sep 14, 2026
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