Islam in Malaysia He converted to Islam after marrying a princess from Pasai, of present-day Indonesia. The religion was adopted peacefully by the coastal trading ports people of Malaysia and Indonesia, absorbing rather than conquering existing beliefs. By the 15th and 16th centuries it was the majority faith of the Malay people. Currently, Islam is the state religion, specifically Shafi'ite school Sunnism. Some Islamic terms, such as the word Allah, are forbidden to non-Muslims both orally and in writing, which has created a controversy . In October 2013, the Malaysian Court of Appeal upheld the government's ban on the use of the word
One Day in the Haram and interviews many of the employees of these departments, to ascertain which departments and employees would be the best fit for the film. "One Day in the Haram" is a film about the Haram in Makkah, told through the eyes of the workers. The workers represent the human face of the Haram, and the film explores the work they do as well as the spiritual motivation of the employees. Hussain organised the film across the 5 daily prayers (Fajr, Dhur, Asr, Magrib and Isha) focusing on the jobs carried out by different departments of the Haram within these time frames.