In just the last two months, nearly two dozen activists have been charged under Malaysia’s archaic.
![Malaysia's image as a model of a Muslim majority country is under strain, write Esposito and Voll [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/20141147345393734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

John O Voll is Professor of Islamic History at the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University.
In just the last two months, nearly two dozen activists have been charged under Malaysia’s archaic.
![Malaysia's image as a model of a Muslim majority country is under strain, write Esposito and Voll [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/20141147345393734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)