Inter-faith council in Malaysia

Read an article on the internet in MT about Inter faith dialogue and formation of council to address interfaith issues. Malaysia as we have all come to know does have an interfaith council which consists of only representatives from Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism but not from Islam! That reminds me of my university days when we arranged for an interfaith dialogue and invited representative of various religious denominations and the response was so similar. Is it because the other faith is not on par with Islam? I Wonder?
Anyway during Badawi's administration despite forced conversion and body snatching incidents during his tenure he did not support any inter-faith council or discussion but now he is singing a different tune. He suggested that inter-faith dialogue as a way forward to resolve “Allah” crisis! Nazri, the current law minister I think as I don’t pay much attention to him anyway, on the other end mentioned that it’s too late for a table discussion as the issue is already in court and as a responsible law minister he’ll advise the government according to the law. He also cited that it was Tan Sri Pakiam who brought the issue to the courts and not the government! I don’t quiet follow this, I thought Pakiam brought the matter to court after the government banned the word “Allah” being used by the church?
Anyway, we just need to look at Indonesia as they are formalizing an Inter-Religious Council that would bring together leaders from major faiths in the country to anticipate and tackle inter-religious conflicts in the country and ad-hoc meetings between leaders of different religious groups in Indonesia are not new! Maybe we can do a “ lawatan sambil belajar “ to Jakarta as part of “Satu lagi Projek Kerajaan Barisan Nasional”?