1. For MALAYSIA, give the following information:

1. capital
2. location/the countries that share its borders
3. the religious breakdown of the population
4. the type of government
5. the chief of state (and head of government if different) If monarch or dictator, since what date has he/she ruled? – include name of heir apparent for monarch
6. the population

Find the answers at the CIA World FactBook website. For each country, answers can be found under the “Geography” “People” and “Government” headings.

NOTE: Before answering the following questions, read the info under “Background” and watch the video under “Resources” below.

2. For MALAYSIA:
a) list the who, what, where and when of the news item
b) For what reason has the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) stripped Malaysia of its right to host the 2019 Paralympic swimming championships?
c) What commitment had the Malaysian government made to the IPC in 2017?
d) How did the Israeli government respond to Malaysia’s barring of Israeli athletes from the games, and the IPC’s final decision on the matter?
e) Should all world sporting events be open to all eligible athletes and nations?
f) This week also marks 74 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp in which 1,100,000 Jewish men, women and children were murdered (another 150,000 Polish mostly Catholics/Christians and tens of thousands of Roma and other people were also murdered in Auschwitz). January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day - the day the world acknowledges and remembers. Why is it important that the world deny Malaysia this type of anti-Semitic act?
g) Did you know that there are other Muslim-majority countries that do not recognize Israel as a state and prohibit their athletes from facing Israeli competitors in various sporting events? What is your reaction to this?