Malaysia appears to be in a Catch-22 predicament regarding controversial Muslim preacher Zakir Naik, according to Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
In an interview with Turkish international news channel TRT World, the premier pointed to Malaysia's multireligious composition and how the Indian-born preacher posed a problem to this social fabric.
"We have a multiracial and multireligious population in Malaysia. We don't want anybody who comes up and expresses extreme views about race relations and about other religions.
"So to that extent, we cannot have him, but on the other hand it is difficult to send him anywhere else because many countries do not want to have him," he said.