Karen Sarah is a Kadazandusun lady who has moved to the Klang Valley to seek for better job opportunities there. However, she faces problem in securing a job at the Ministry of Works even though she is highly qualified as a mechanical engineer with all necessary certificates and she has prior work experiences in the industry. When she asks the ministry officer of the reason that she did not get the job, she is shocked to hear that it is because she is a Christian woman from Sabah and they think that she cannot adapt to the working environment of the ministry because of that. The ministry has clearly violated the Malaysian Constitution since every Malaysian, including Karen Sarah, is entitled to [__________] that disallows any form of discrimination against any citizen on the ground only of religion, race, descent, place of birth, or gender.

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The question presents a scenario where discrimination on the basis of religion, race, descent, place of birth, or gender is involved, and asks what the Malaysian Constitution entitles every citizen to that disallows such discrimination.

Since there are no answer choices provided, I will analyze the key constitutional idea that fits the blank in the sentence. In Malaysia, Article 8 of the Federal Constitution deals with equality. It establishes that all persons are equal before the law and are entitled to the equal protection of the law, and it also prohibits discrimination against any citizen in respect of certain basic rights on grounds such as religion, race, descent, place of birth, or gender. This means the Constitution guarantees both equal treatment under the law and protection from discriminatory actions.

Possible phrasing that would correctly fill the blank includes:
- equality before the law, which captures the notion that everyone should be treated equally by the legal system without bias, as the law applies uniformly to all citizens.
- equal protection of the law, which reinforces that the government must safeguard the rights of all citizens equally.
- the broader idea of equality and non-discrimination, which encompasses the prohibition on discriminatory practices on the specified grounds.

Even though the stem uses a general term in the blank, the most precise constitutional concept being referred to is equality before the law (and the related equal protection of the law), as these phrases are central to prohibiting discrimination in Malaysia’s constitutional framework.

If one were to consider the term provided in the dataset as the expected answer, the word “equality” aligns with the overall principle: all citizens are entitled to equality before the law and to equal protection, which disallows discrimination on the grounds listed. This matches the intended constitutional protection against discrimination, though a fuller completion would typically read something like “equality before the law and equal protection of the laws.”

Thus, the core idea being referenced is equality (specifically equality before the law and equal protection), which underpins the prohibition of discrimination based on religion, race, descent, place of birth, or gender in the Malaysian Constitution.

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