Saying that they are “concerned” and have rubbished allegations that the position of Islam in the country is “under siege”, the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST) is amazed by the remarks made by the Coalition of Muslim Organisations (Pembela) earlier this week.
Its coalition president Reverend Dr Thomas Philips (left) asked how could lslam's position be under siege when all public institutions and other organs of government are under the control of Muslims and quoted Kita president Zaid Ibrahim who recently said in his blog that the Malays are already in complete political control.
Its coalition president Reverend Dr Thomas Philips (left) asked how could lslam's position be under siege when all public institutions and other organs of government are under the control of Muslims and quoted Kita president Zaid Ibrahim who recently said in his blog that the Malays are already in complete political control. Zaid, the party president, also said that various government-linked companies such as Maybank, Petronas, Telekom Malaysia were already in the government's hand and managed by Malay-bumiputras with the G-20 group of largest listed GLCs alone possessesing RM353 billion (around half) of the market capitalisation of the entire Bursa Malaysia.
With that, MCCBCHST said that they are “amazed” at Pembela's claims that a non-Muslim affairs exco position in Penang is unconstitutional and threatens Islam's position when there is no prohibition anywhere in the federal constitution against the designation of a non-Muslim affairs exco. In fact, currently most states under Barisan Nasional have non-Muslim affairs committees to address religious, places of worship, burial grounds and other issues faced by the non-Muslims.
Pembela spokesperson Yusri Mohamad (right) had earlier said that the Penang state government's designation of a non-Muslim affairs exco as well as the 'pseudo-appointment' of Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Idris Jala, a Christian, to handle issues pertaining to the Malay-language Bible as threatening Islam's position as the official religion and claimed there is no provision in the federal constitution for any official non-Muslim affairs body, and that making Idris the go-to minister for Christian affairs is thus unconstitutional.
Pembela spokesperson Yusri Mohamad (right) had earlier said that the Penang state government's designation of a non-Muslim affairs exco as well as the 'pseudo-appointment' of Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Idris Jala, a Christian, to handle issues pertaining to the Malay-language Bible as threatening Islam's position as the official religion and claimed there is no provision in the federal constitution for any official non-Muslim affairs body, and that making Idris the go-to minister for Christian affairs is thus unconstitutional.Incidentally, the Perak state government under BN is the first to designate a non-Muslims affairs exco.
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