The low, steady murmur of prayer vibrated off the streaked limestone walls, as did soft drumming from distant tinny speakers, the occasional rooster’s crow and the clack of the resident monkeys discarding coconut shells from secret perches. The Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur is known as a roiling, rollicking city where three dominant ethnic cultures, together and apart, drive a turbo-charged bustle that, frankly, can be difficult to escape.