Ambiga is more Islamic than Zul. Ambiga cinta BERSIH. Zul benci BERSIH

Zulkifli Noordin, the Kulim Bandar Baharu Member of Parliament, said, “Some Malays are willing to be used by this illegal gathering that is led by former Bar Council president Datuk Ambiga Sreevanasan. This is despite knowing the organisation has fought strongly against Islam.”

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

Islam has a word for Muslims who talk about defending Islam and yet go against Islamic teachings. Datuk Ambiga is in fact upholding Islamic teachings. She is opposed to election fraud. Zul, on the other hand, wants to uphold election fraud.

In this sense Ambiga is more Islamic than Zul. Zul, according to Islamic teachings, is a hypocrite or Munafiq.

For those Muslims and non-Muslims who may not understand the concept of Munafiq in Islam, allow me to deliver my Sunday sermon.

Munāfiq (n., in Arabic: منافق, plural munāfiqūn) is an Islamic Arabic term used to describe a religious hypocrite, who outwardly practices Islam, while inwardly concealing his disbelief (kafir), perhaps even unknowingly.

The term munāfiq in Arabic, Bengali and Urdu is primarily a non-religious term that refers to a person whose actions are different from and opposite to his thoughts, which he conceals. In the Qur'anic sense the term refers to a person who does not have faith, but pretends to.

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Just last Friday, I had an interesting conversation with an Iranian.

I asked him, 'I remember you told me that you were not a Muslim.' He said yes.

Then, I asked, 'So, what is your religion?' He answered, 'I've studied other religions and I generally believe in the concept of God but I don't have a religion.'

'I thought most if not all people from the Middle East are Muslims. So, you are not one? Did you convert?' I probed further. He answered "No" to both of my questions.

'Muslims are not allowed to convert, right? So, did you convert in Iran or how did you avoid being found out?'

'That's why I'm here (in Malaysia),' he answered.

'But while you were in Iran, what did you do?' I asked.

'It's easy. Do what everyone else is doing. Just pretend,' he said while giving me a broad smile. Then, he went on to tell me about one popular song about people pretending and wearing masks.