Mujahid responds to Jais’ raid on Bible Society of Malaysia

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Parit Buntar MP Mujahid Yusof Rawa has responded to the raid on the Bible Society of Malaysia yesterday by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) yesterday.

Jais seized 321 Bibles in Malay and 10 in Iban. BSM manager Lee Min Choon and manager Sinclair Wong were arrested and taken to the police station, but released on bail two hours later.

The Jais raid on the premises of a bible society sets a worrying precedent.

This is Mujahid’s statement in full:

Tindakan Jais menyerbu premis Persatuan Bible Selangor dan merampas Injil

Tahun baru 2014 seolah-olah tidak menjaminkan hubungan antara agama yang menjanjikan kedamaian hubungan dan hidup dalam keadan hormat menghormati antara satu sama lain. Tindakan Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (Jais) dalam serbuannya ke atas premis Persatuan Bible Selangor hari ini (2 Januari) walaupun berasaskan Enakmen 1988 (Kawalan Penyebaran Agama kepada Orang Muslim) telah meninggalkan kesan yang berbekas dalam hubungan antara agama di negara ini. Sebanyak 300 naskhah injil telah dirampas menurut berita yang diterima.

Persoalan kebebasan agama yang termaktub dalam perlembagaan kita dengan mengambil kira Islam sebagai agama resmi Persekutuan seolah-olah tercemar dengan tindakan Jais dan mengisyaratkan sesuatu yang bercanggah dengan perintah dan firman Allah yang maksudnya “tiada kami utuskan engkau (wahai Muhammad) melainkan untuk membawa Rahmat ke Alam ini” (Al Anbiya: 107).

Hubungan Islam dengan bukan Islam adalah bersandarkan “Tiada paksaan dalam agama” (Baqarah: 256) dan itu adalah janji dan jaminan kerahmatan Islam kepada penganut agama lain termasuk hak memiliki kitab agama masing-masing. Oleh kerana itu apa saja tindakan yang bertentangan dengan prinsip ini dianggap mencemari nama baik Islam.

Maka dengan ini, saya menyeru supaya:

  • Kuasa hendaklah digunakan dengan hikmah apatah lagi yang melibatkan prinsip hubungan antara agama yang telah jelas digariskan oleh Syariat Islam. Dalam hal ini memelihara prinsip Islam lebih utama dari segala perkiraan sentimen atau politik.
  • Jika ada apa-apa bukti bahawa pihak tertentu menyebarkan atau menimbulkan kekeliruan kepada umat Islam dengan menggunakan kalimah ‘allah’ maka pihak yang terlibat hendaklah diambil tindakan kerana menyalahi semangat kebebasan agama dengan mengambil kira Islam sebagai agama resmi Persekutuan. Hanya dengan tertera perkataan ‘allah’ dalam injil bukan alasan untuk mengambil tindakan tanpa bukti kukuh unsur penyebaran dan menggugat akidah Tauhid umat Islam.
  • Merampas kitab suci penganut agama lain walaupun atas nama larangan menggunakan perkataan ‘allah’ perlu ditangani dengan hikmah dan teliti kerana ia akan memburukkan sifat Rahmat Islam kepada semua penganut beragama, antara lainnya ialah hak kebebasan beragama mereka.
  • Memaksa orang lain dalam agama bukan bererti secara fizikal sahaja tetapi menentukan apa yang boleh dan tidak boleh ke atas agama lain juga adalah bentuk paksaan yang dilarang oleh Islam seperti perintah Allah: “Jika Tuhan mu mengkehendaki (wahai Muhaamd) nescaya akan beriman seluruh manusia di mukabumi ini, apakah engkau (wahai Muhammad) mahu memaksa orang sehingga mereka menjadi beriman?, Tiada jiwa yang boleh beriman melainkan dengan izin Allah lalu Allah jadikan azab pada mereka yang tidak beraqal” (Yunus: 99-100).
  • Pihak Gereja juga perlu tampil menyatakan pendiriannya dengan tegas bahawa mereka tidak ada agenda tersembunyi yang boleh menjejaskan keharmonian kehidupan beragama di Malaysia bagi menghilangkan keraguan pihak tertentu yang mendakwa proses Kristianisasi sedang berlaku.

Atas alasan di atas, saya menyeru dan merayu supaya hak kitab suci agama lain termasuk penganut Kristian hendaklah dipelihara haknya kepada penganutnya, dan menjadi tanggungjawab otoriti agama Islam di Selangor memelihara prinsip ini seperti yang dituntut oleh Islam.

Sekian

Yb Dato’Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa
Ahli Parlimen Malaysia

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fs
9 Jan 2014 11.42pm

Shame on u JAIS!!! What kind of country we r living now?? R u encourage ur ppl to war one n another just because of this one word that is translated from Allah meaning is God in english..Allah=God..God=Allah..What’s the big deals went the english word is translated from Christian bible to a malay wording using Allah..??? All I prayed to God is to make my country peace again…

Kelty
Kelty
4 Jan 2014 3.50pm

According to Suhakam: 1) the authorities in carrying out their duties, must exercise their powers and discretion in accordance with the law as well as in line with the principles of the rights to a fair trial and equal protection of the law as enshrined in the Federal Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). 2) the authorities must respect and ensure the right of all citizens to the freedom of religion as guaranteed under Article 11 of the Federal Constitution and Article 18 of the UDHR, including the right of all communities to freely profess and practise… Read more »

Pak Tim
Pak Tim
4 Jan 2014 3.24pm

God bless Mujahid. JAIS has nothing better to do …

sunnyooi
sunnyooi
3 Jan 2014 7.56pm

This is what you get for being second class citizens. Our liberty sold to the highest bidder by useless gerakan, mic and mca.

Fool me one shame on you
Fool me 5 decades shame on my ancestors

Ubah! Ubah! Ubah!

bigjoe99
3 Jan 2014 4.15pm

If they can tell you to stop using the word “Allah”, they can raid Churches, your home…THAT IS THE LAW ACCORDING TO THEM

Kumaran
Kumaran
3 Jan 2014 3.06pm

The Non-Islamic Religions (Control of Propagation among Muslims) Enactment 1988 in Selangor should not apply to Christians using “Allah” as well as “firman”, “rasul”, “nabi” and “wahyu” in their Malay Bibles since Article 11(3) of the Federal Constitution protects the rights of each religious group to manage its own affairs.

Rich Daddy
Rich Daddy
3 Jan 2014 1.53pm

The ROGUE coalition this time will dead politically. Not even learn to be good a guy good after cow head incident. Strategically, PR should minimize its usual URGE to score political points from this issue as people themselves can see who is the red devil (Man U fans I’m not talking about your FC club, ok!). PR this time should argue at policy level (e.g. to stress the guarantee for religions freedom for the Malays and Christians if they form federal gomen) and with single voice. Not PAS support and DAP object. Let people see PR is really a viable… Read more »

Yang
Yang
3 Jan 2014 11.41am

Nowadays almost every leaders, authorities and state govt from both sides are talking and taking action not within the ambit of the law but as they wish without any feeling for the people or following the rule of law

And if you complain or is not satisfied, OK sue us and that`s the answer you will get.

OWC
OWC
3 Jan 2014 12.21pm
Reply to  Yang

Jais or Jakim does not need any warrant to raid your premises or your home?

MCA, what say you?

Rich Daddy
Rich Daddy
3 Jan 2014 3.11pm
Reply to  OWC

Let’s discuss strategically. Deep thinking is required. @OWC, why give the losers the chance for publicity ??? MCA and Gerakan already dead politically, are you stupid or what trying to give air time to the dead ??? You wish them resurrect kah ??? @OWC, And be careful when criticizing the agencies related to religion. Rural folks think they are related to their religion and if you criticize the agencies they may think their religion are under attack and may turn to rogue coalition for SHELTER and thus the rogue coalition will gain their votes during election. Do you get it,… Read more »

Yang
Yang
3 Jan 2014 8.20pm
Reply to  OWC

And it will be shaky for LGE next GE in Penang. Jardip & Raiya can forget about Datuk Keramat. Datuk Keramat is mixed with 66%/40% composition. I will make sure they go down

Yang
Yang
3 Jan 2014 11.16am

Wait wait wait, everybody seem to blame the federal govt. Is it not the state authority of Selangor, JAIS that is over stepping the boundary. Please speak up Anwar, Khalid, Lim Guan Eng, Karpal, LKS, Hadi, from PKR, PAS & DAP.

OWC
OWC
3 Jan 2014 11.10am

Jais is getting powerful, sign of Talibanisation?

Stylo Logan
Stylo Logan
9 Jan 2014 12.59pm
Reply to  OWC

Just learnt that Putrajaya is an Islamic city that cannot have Hard Rock Cafe.
A true sign of Islamisation.
Maybe (some politician) already got lesen to operate a nasyid cafe or keroncong cafe there?

Tan
Tan
3 Jan 2014 10.50am

I am deeply disappointed with our leaders who are still dumbfounded even though an inflammable issue is reported across all media headlines. Is it their intention to deflect the pressing issues of price hikes? If so, then they are as irresponsible as those JAIS officers that raided the Selangor Bible Society which clearly has no authority to trespass lest step onto other religious premises without a search warrant.