Malaysia tana da asali a cikin masarautun Malay wanda, daga karni na 18, ya zama batun mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya, tare da kariya ta British Straits Settlements. An sake gina Malaya a matsayin Tarayyar Malaya a 1948, kuma ta sami 'yanci a ranar 31 ga Agusta 1957. Malaya ta haɗu da Arewacin Borneo, Sarawak, da Singapore a ranar 16 ga Satumba 1963 don zama Malaysia. A shekara ta 1965, an kori Singapore daga tarayyar. Kasar tana da kabilu da al'adu da yawa, wanda ke taka muhimmiyar rawa a siyasarta. Kimanin rabin yawan jama'a na kabilanci ne, tare da manyan 'yan tsiraru na Malaysian Chinese, Malaysian Indians, da' yan asalin ƙasar. Yayin da aka amince da addinin Musulunci a matsayin addinin da aka kafa na ƙasar, kundin tsarin mulki ya ba da 'yanci na addini ga wadanda ba Musulmi ba.
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