Current and former Perlis muftis Juanda Jaya and Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin have come out to blast the BN-led government for its “lies” and “slander” over claims of links between local religious figures and terror network Jemaah Islamiah.
In a joint statement issued earlier today, Juanda and Asri attacked the federal government and the police for playing up issues of national security “for the interests of certain quarters.” The religious scholars said, “What has been claimed by many parties, especially the opposition, that the issue of national security involving the threat of terrorists has been played up by the government appears to have strong foundations.”
On Monday night, sources told Malaysiakini that in a briefing at a hotel in Sepang, Selangor, Zamihan Mat Zin, a senior official with the government's Islamic Development Department (Jakim), had alleged Asri and Juanda to be linked with the puritan Wahhabi strain of Islamic thought.
In a joint statement issued earlier today, Juanda and Asri attacked the federal government and the police for playing up issues of national security “for the interests of certain quarters.” The religious scholars said, “What has been claimed by many parties, especially the opposition, that the issue of national security involving the threat of terrorists has been played up by the government appears to have strong foundations.”
On Monday night, sources told Malaysiakini that in a briefing at a hotel in Sepang, Selangor, Zamihan Mat Zin, a senior official with the government's Islamic Development Department (Jakim), had alleged Asri and Juanda to be linked with the puritan Wahhabi strain of Islamic thought.
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