On 17 December 2015 John Bowers
QC gave a lecture at Sunway University near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in the
Jeffrey Cheah Distinguished Speakers series on the subject of human rights and
religion. Some 250 people attended with representatives from many faiths. He
covered the approach of the English and European courts to such matters as
ritual circumcision, access to religious schools and wearing of religious
insignia.