Decision to Move Ancient Temple was Put on Hold

By: Erica McCauley
The authorities of Malaysia have decided to wait on moving the 150-year old Hindu temple. The original plan was to move six in attempt to "cluster" the sacred shrines, but the 1.5 million Hindu population rose up in protest against moving the temples. With protests violently getting worse and worse, on August 28, Hindus presented a severed head of a cow to show just how upset they were. This being a holy representation of Hinduism made the authorities rethink their decision to move the temple. Federal Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein stated that the cow head had nothing to do with the change in plans of relocating the Hindu temples. They decided to rest on the idea due to justice and law.