By Stephanie Sta Maria (Free Malaysia Today)
KUCHING: PAS Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad today told the Christian community in Sarawak that Umno does not represent all Malays or even Islam.
He said this during a joint session with the DAP to address the concerns of the community over the controversial Al-Kitab issue at a hotel here.
“Umno is trying to make Islam look more Malay,” he said to shouts of agreement from the floor. “And this is when you get funny rules like the stamping of the BM bible.”
“They are going about the ‘Allah’ issue as though Malay is an Islamic language. Umno is creating the impression that Islam and Malay are synonymous and that Malay is even more Islamic than Islam.”
“They say non-Muslims should be banned from using the word ‘Allah’ so as not to create confusion. Don’t tell me that God only understands one language. But these are the idiocyncracies in BN.”
Khalid also underlined the collaboration between DAP and PAS by pointing out that despite having no candidate in Kuching or Sibu, PAS representatives still visited the areas to show support for DAP.
“Yes, we have our differences,” he said, smiling. “But we stand together in our vision of a just government. When it comes to taking the country forward, we have more similarities than differences.”
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KUCHING: PAS Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad today told the Christian community in Sarawak that Umno does not represent all Malays or even Islam.
He said this during a joint session with the DAP to address the concerns of the community over the controversial Al-Kitab issue at a hotel here.
“Umno is trying to make Islam look more Malay,” he said to shouts of agreement from the floor. “And this is when you get funny rules like the stamping of the BM bible.”
“They are going about the ‘Allah’ issue as though Malay is an Islamic language. Umno is creating the impression that Islam and Malay are synonymous and that Malay is even more Islamic than Islam.”
“They say non-Muslims should be banned from using the word ‘Allah’ so as not to create confusion. Don’t tell me that God only understands one language. But these are the idiocyncracies in BN.”
Khalid also underlined the collaboration between DAP and PAS by pointing out that despite having no candidate in Kuching or Sibu, PAS representatives still visited the areas to show support for DAP.
“Yes, we have our differences,” he said, smiling. “But we stand together in our vision of a just government. When it comes to taking the country forward, we have more similarities than differences.”
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awat UMNO ni tak Islam ka .. yb bangsa apa nih ? aku nak tanya yb makan babi ka yang sampai tak sedar diri nihh
the purity of Islam will be preserved by Allah Himself.it can be found in many verses in the Quran (unless one never read and understand it). our duty is to spread the true teaching of Islam to ummah so that there will be no confusion upon this matter when muslim's aqidah rooted strongly within correct understanding. that is the thing that UMNO has failed to do for over 50 years. pathetically, they try to make Islam looks like an exclusive religion to malays only as if other races don't deserve it just like YB have said.doesn't it sound like Jews? what a shame! and that is a BIG WRONG!
no wonder why Islam can't penetrate other races in M'sia.
i don't know...when some see threat, i on the other hand, see opportunity. i mean when Muslims and Christians agreed that their God is Allah,then there will be only one more thing left to discuss...which Allah that is worthy to be worshipped? is it Christianity or Islam? that is what happened in western world. Islam is growing in a fast pace over there. in fact it is the fastest growing religion in the world and most of the reverts are ex-Christian.
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