Malaysia is a multiracial country with Islam being the largest practiced religion, comprising approximately 61.4% Muslim adherents, or around 17 million people, as of 2010. Article 3 of the Constitution of Malaysia establishes Islam as the "religion of the Federation". However, Malaysia's law and jurisprudence is based on the English common law. Sharia law is applicable only to Muslims, and is restricted to family law and religious observances. Therefore, there has been much debate on whether Malaysia is a secular state or an Islamic state.

Originally, the draft Constitution of Malaysia did not specify any official religion for the state. This move was supported by the rulers of the nine Malay states, who felt that it was sufficient that Islam was the official religion of each of their individual states. However, Justice Hakim Abdul Hamid of the Reid Commission which drafted the Constitution came out strongly in favour of making Islam the official religion, and as a result the final Constitution named Islam as the official religion of Malaysia. All ethnic Malays are Muslim (100%) as defined by Article 160 of the Constitution of Malaysia.As required by Malaysian law and defined in the Constitution of Malaysia, a Malay would surrender his ethnic status if he were not Muslim.

Anna Viktoria German (February 14, 1936 – August 26, 1982) was a popular Soviet-born Polish-Russian singer of German/Dutch origin.

Anna German was born in Urgench, a city with a 22-thousand population and a rich history of Middle Asia in northwestern Uzbek SSR, USSR. Her mother, Irma Martens, was the descendent of Dutch Mennonites invited to Russia by Catherine II. Her father, Eugeniusz Hörmann, was an accountant of German descent, born in Łódź, Poland. In 1937 he was executed by the NKVD in Urgench on the charges of spying. Thereafter, Anna and her mother were deported to Kyrgyz SSR.

In 1946 she with her mother, who married a Polish Army officer, settled in Nowa Ruda, before moving to Wrocław in 1949.

Anna graduated from the Geological Institute of Wroclaw University. During her university years, she began her music career at the Kalambur theater. Anna finally became successful when she won the 1964 II Festival of Polish Songs in Opole with her song Tańczące Eurydyki. One year later, she placed first in the international song contest in Sopot. She was invited to perform in Italy in the prestigious Sanremo Music Festival in 1967. In Italy Anna German survived a hard car crash, and fully came back to the stage only in 1972, after a long rehabilitation period.

Max Kolonko (born: Mariusz Max Kolonko in Poland). - American producer, writer, author, broadcast journalist and a U.S. correspondent for a number of television news organizations (TVP, TVN, Panorama). From 2001- 2005 a senior White House correspondent for TVP, the national television in Poland .

Producer, director and creator of a popular, Telly winning, television series Discovering America with Max Kolonko on various aspects of American life. Founder and owner of Media 2000 Communications, a New York City television production company.

Max Kolonko is a frequent guest on numerous news shows, including CNN and CBS news.

Contributor to Newsweek and The Huffington Post.