By G Vinod. Published by Free Malaysia Today on 22 January 2013.
Bishop Ng Moon Hing, executive secretary of the Christian Federation of Malaysia (CFM), said a copy of the flyer was found in the mailbox of a Christian priest residing in Butterworth. The flyer, printed by a group called Pasukan Bertindak Anti Bible Bahasa Melayu (Anti-Malay-Bible Action Force), urges Muslims to join in the “Malay Bible burning festivities” scheduled at 10am.
“Our children and grandchildren will end up being apostates if you want to wait for our impotent government to act,” reads the flyer. “To Muslims who have copies of al-Kitab, bring them over to make our Bible burning session merrier.” It says Sunday has been chosen for the burning because “that’s the day Christians go to church to pray to their gods.”
Ng described all religious scriptures as “valuable” and said no one should threaten to desecrate a holy book in any manner. “CFM abhors this action, which was first proposed by Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali,” he said. “Now this group has decided to make it a reality on a sacred day for Christians.”
He said Christians were peace loving people who would always strive to bring harmony and peace to multi-religious Malaysia.
He alleged that extremist groups planning such “vile acts” were doing so only to score political brownie points. “We pray that good sense will prevail during these trying times. May the Lord confound the plans made by these irresponsible people.”
Perkasa’s Ibrahim, in calling for the burning of Bibles last Saturday, alleged that Christians were provoking the Muslims by using Arabic religious terms in their scripture. The call drew brickbats from both opposition and Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties.
Read more here: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/01/22/burn-al-kitab-day-on-jan-27/
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Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali has called on Muslims to seize and burn copies of Bibles which contain the term “Allah” or other Arabic religious words.
“Muslims must unite to protect their religion. They must seize those Bibles, including the Malay editions, which contained the term Allah and other Arabic religious terms, and burn them.
“This is the way to show our anger against disrespect to our sensitivity,” he told a press conference after delivering his presidential speech at a Perkasa convention here today.
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/01/22/hasan-ali-defends-ibrahim-ali/
Selangor state lawmaker Hasan Ali today supported Ibrahim Ali’s struggle to uphold the word “Allah” for Muslims but disagreed with the latter’s call to burn Bibles.
The president of NGO Jati said the Perkasa chief’s call on Saturday for Muslims to burn Bibles using the word “Allah” was not intended to stir violence but was just “a reflection of anger”.
The Attorney-General’s (A-G) Chambers will only act on Perkasa president, Ibrahim Ali’s controversial call to burn copies of the Malay Bibles if the books are actually burnt.
According to a civil liberties lawyer, Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali’s speech on the Allah issue on Saturday was a hate speech and contravened the Penal Code and Sedition Act.
“Ibrahim Ali may have committed several offences under Sections 298 and 505 of the Penal Code,” said Syahredzan Johan.
Section 298 states that it is an offence to utter words that deliberately wound religious feelings. If found guilty, an offender can be imprisoned for a year, or fined or both.
Section 505 meanwhile states that it is an offence to make statements that that are conducing public mischief. Those found guilty under this section can be imprisoned for a span of two years, fined or both.
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/prosecute-ibrahim-ali-over-bible-burning-call-bar-council-urges/
“This statement by Ibrahim is an incitement or abetment to commit criminal offence under Section 107 of the Penal Code, whilst the seizure and burning of bibles is an offence under Section 441 of the Penal Code,” Bar Council president Lim Chee Wee said.
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/prosecute-ibrahim-ali-over-bible-burning-call-bar-council-urges/
“This statement by Ibrahim is an incitement or abetment to commit criminal offence under Section 107 of the Penal Code, whilst the seizure and burning of bibles is an offence under Section 441 of the Penal Code,” Bar Council president Lim Chee Wee said.
http://www.themuslimtimes.org/2013/01/countries/malta/everybodys-right-to-use-religious-terms
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, which believes and acts on the true teachings of Islam and promotes peace, love, tolerance and mutual respect towards all mankind, strongly rejects and condemns this violence towards the Malaysian Christian Community. The very idea that Allah or any other religious term should be reserved only for Muslims is absurd.
The Ahmadiyya Community also strongly supports the court’s decision to grant Christians the right to use the word Allah to refer to God.
We, in the Muslim Times stand for the religious freedom for everyone. I suggest that the Christians can start using web-based version of the Bible to demonstrate the small mindedness of the Sultan to the whole world. They should host their Bible, with the world ‘Allah,’ free of charge in the Muslim Times, until the Sultan begins to respect the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights.
http://aliran.com/11367.html
In a joint statement, Aliran, Sisters in Islam, Islamic Renaissance Front and Projek Dialog have condemned Perkasa’s call to burn Malay-language Bibles as an abominable provocation.
http://aliran.com/11367.html
In a joint statement, Aliran, Sisters in Islam, Islamic Renaissance Front and Projek Dialog have condemned Perkasa’s call to burn Malay-language Bibles as an abominable provocation.
We are appalled by the vile exhortation of right-wing Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali to fellow Muslims to burn Malay-language Bibles containing the word “Allah” in the continuing saga of the contentious use of the term in Malaysia.
This dangerous and reckless provocation will only court the zealotry of the bigots and consequently tear apart the existing fragile harmony among Malaysians of various ethnic and religious backgrounds. Religious conflicts do not get resolved amicably and effectively by rabble rousing and dangerous antics such as the proposed torching of the holy books of believers.
The alleged distribution of Malay Bibles to Muslim children in a secondary school in Penang – yet to be verified – may have understandably caused deep concern among the Muslim community and requires immediate investigation, but it certainly doesn’t justify the burning of the Holy Bible. The provocation is mischievously intended to ignite hatred and extremism.
An understanding and appreciation of non-Muslim communities, which is so necessary for unity and harmony, cannot be promoted effectively by committing a sacrilegious act of burning holy books that are revered by their respective believers. In fact, this proposed act by Perkasa goes against the very teachings of most revealed religions including Islam.
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/219688
ReplyDeletePolis Pulau Pinang merekod 17 kenyataan dari pelbagai individu dalam siasatan mereka ke atas dakwaan bahawa kitab Injil diedarkan kepada kanak-kanak Islam di sebuah sekolah di Jelutong.
Ketua polis Pulau Pinang Datuk Abdul Rahim Hanafi dalam satu kenyataan pada malam tadi menyebut, kertas siasatan telah dikemukakan kepada timbalan pendakwaraya negeri dan pasukannya turut menerima arahan lanjut bagi menyiapkan siasatan.
Abdul Rahim berkata kitab injil tersebut diedarkan secara terbuka dan beberapa pelajar Melayu diberikan kitab tersebut oleh individu yang tidak dikenali.
Katanya, polis menerima laporan pada jam 1.30 petang pada 17 Januari daripada seorang individu Melayu yang mendakwa diberitahu oleh seorang lelaki lain berhubung dakwaan pengedaran kitab berkenaan di luar SMK Jelutong, Lorong Sekolah.
Katanya lagi, pengadu berkenaan kemudiannya mengunjungi tempat kejadian dan mendapati dakwaan itu benar.
Berdasarkan maklumat yang diperolehi, polis mendapat tiga lelaki dan seorang wanita yang tiba dengan satu kenderaan didapati mengedarkan kitab itu secara rawak kepada pelajar selepas sesi pagi persekolahan berakhir, katanya.
Pengadu berkenaan yang menerima senaskhah kitab tersebut daripada seorang pelajar, kemudiannya membuat laporan di balai polis Jelutong, katanya.
Abdul Rahim berkata kes berkenaan kini disiasat mengikut Seksyen 298A berhubung kesalahan "menyebabkan perselisihan, perpecahan atau perasaan permusuhan, kebencian, kecurigaan atau prejudis".
Tambahnya, sebanyak lima kitab Injil bersaiz poket setebal 633 halaman berwarna biru telah diserahkan kepada polis.
Katanya, kesemuanya Injil yang dirampas itu dalam bahasa Inggeris dan tidak mengandungi kalimah Allah.
Ia bukan terjemahan dalam bahasa Melayu dan juga bukan dalam tulisan Jawi, tegasnya.
Presiden NGO pro-Melayu PERKASA Datuk Ibrahim Ali pada Ahad lalu mencetus kontroversi ekoran gesaannya supaya membakar Injil dalam bahasa Melayu atau dalam tulisan Jawi yang menggunakan kalimah Allah.
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