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Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has censured Putrajaya for defending Malay rights group leader Datuk Seri Ibrahim Ali's threat to burn the Bible by stating that it was meant to defend Islam.
The opposition leader said Islam would not condone such behaviour.
"It is just, I should say, the Umno position or the minister's position. (Burning the Bible) has never been condoned or tolerated (in Islam).
"In fact, my understanding of Islam is we must respect all religious beliefs and of course, religious texts," he told journalists at the parliament lobby this morning.
He said the move by Putrajaya was clearly politically motivated as Ibrahim was only investigated under Penal Code and not under the Sedition Act.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nancy Shukri said police decided not to take action against Ibrahim, who is Perkasa president, over his call last year to burn copies of the Bible containing the word "Allah" because he was merely defending Islam.
Nancy, who is the minister in charge of law, said the police concluded that his words were only directed at specific individuals, and were not a threat to the larger society.
Ibrahim's call in January last year prompted outrage from politicians and Christian groups, with critics accusing Putrajaya of double standard in using the Sedition Act against critics while sparing Ibrahim over his remarks.
Nancy, replying on behalf of the prime minister, said investigations by the police into Ibrahim's statement found that what he had said was aimed at the activities of some individuals who allegedly distributed Christian literature outside a school in Penang.
Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng had also asked why the Sedition Act was still being used despite the government's promise to repeal it in 2012, and wanted to know when it would be repealed, as well as whether it would be abolished.
In her reply, Nancy referred to a press statement from the Prime Minister's Office on September 12 this year that full consultations would be held before the government decided whether or not to repeal the colonial-era law.
On the number of court cases under the act, she said there had been one each in 2009 and 2011, eight in 2013 and 12 from January to September this year. There were no cases in 2010 and 2012, she added. – October 9, 2014.
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/anwar-hits-out-at-putrajaya-over-no-action-on-ibrahim-ali-for-bible-burning
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has censured Putrajaya for defending Malay rights group leader Datuk Seri Ibrahim Ali's threat to burn the Bible by stating that it was meant to defend Islam.
The opposition leader said Islam would not condone such behaviour.
"It is just, I should say, the Umno position or the minister's position. (Burning the Bible) has never been condoned or tolerated (in Islam).
"In fact, my understanding of Islam is we must respect all religious beliefs and of course, religious texts," he told journalists at the parliament lobby this morning.
He said the move by Putrajaya was clearly politically motivated as Ibrahim was only investigated under Penal Code and not under the Sedition Act.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nancy Shukri said police decided not to take action against Ibrahim, who is Perkasa president, over his call last year to burn copies of the Bible containing the word "Allah" because he was merely defending Islam.
Nancy, who is the minister in charge of law, said the police concluded that his words were only directed at specific individuals, and were not a threat to the larger society.
Ibrahim's call in January last year prompted outrage from politicians and Christian groups, with critics accusing Putrajaya of double standard in using the Sedition Act against critics while sparing Ibrahim over his remarks.
Nancy, replying on behalf of the prime minister, said investigations by the police into Ibrahim's statement found that what he had said was aimed at the activities of some individuals who allegedly distributed Christian literature outside a school in Penang.
Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng had also asked why the Sedition Act was still being used despite the government's promise to repeal it in 2012, and wanted to know when it would be repealed, as well as whether it would be abolished.
In her reply, Nancy referred to a press statement from the Prime Minister's Office on September 12 this year that full consultations would be held before the government decided whether or not to repeal the colonial-era law.
On the number of court cases under the act, she said there had been one each in 2009 and 2011, eight in 2013 and 12 from January to September this year. There were no cases in 2010 and 2012, she added. – October 9, 2014.
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