 In Malaysia, where the question of religion is related to the official status of the people, the Duano' people insist that they are not pagans, as they do not eat pork or dugongs, do not have dogs on their boats and therefore cannot be considered in the same category as with other indigenous Orang Asli people of the peninsular part of the country.They are also advocates of Islam, according to official statistics held in Malaysia.Thus, according to JHEOA 1997, in Johor, all 2,918 Orang Kuala were Muslims.