Attempts by other democratic civil society groups to debate this issue in peaceful public forums have been thwarted by threats of violence from a coalition of Muslim non-governmental organizations calling themselves BADAI (the Malay acronym for Coalition against the Inter-Faith Commission). Concerned about sparking an ethnic clash, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has proclaimed a ban on open discussion of these issues, threatening to arrest Internet news providers and activists if they continue to fan such debates.
一个自称是反对信仰转移委员会的穆斯林非政府组织破坏了其他民主社会公民团体在和平的公众场合辩论这一问题的企图。总理巴达维担心触发种族冲突而宣布禁止在公开场合讨论这些问题，并且威胁，如果互联网新闻供应者以及活动分子继续煽动此类的辩论的话，就将逮捕他们。