Despite the government softening its stand on the Al-Kitab, the controversy continues to stir debate, this time by the Malaysian Consultative Council for Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikism and Taoism (MCCBCHST).
In a statement today signed by five MCCBCHST leaders, the council takes issue with the alleged promise by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak made during a Christmas party in December 2009 to release 5,000 copies of the Al-Kitab impounded at Port Klang.
The Christian Federation of Malaysia, an umbrella body which represents 90 percent of churches in the country, claims that Najib could only express surprise that the copies of the Al-Kitab are still being held by the authorities when he was informed last Christmas that they were not released.
The statement reads, “This situation begs a first pair of questions: Does our current prime minister wield any authority? And if he does not, who does?”
In a statement today signed by five MCCBCHST leaders, the council takes issue with the alleged promise by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak made during a Christmas party in December 2009 to release 5,000 copies of the Al-Kitab impounded at Port Klang. The Christian Federation of Malaysia, an umbrella body which represents 90 percent of churches in the country, claims that Najib could only express surprise that the copies of the Al-Kitab are still being held by the authorities when he was informed last Christmas that they were not released.
The statement reads, “This situation begs a first pair of questions: Does our current prime minister wield any authority? And if he does not, who does?”
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