Zul: 'Little pharoahs' out to do me in
Published: Jan 26, 2010 5:01 AM | Updated: Jan 26, 2010 6:26 AM
Embattled Kulim MP Zulkifli Noordin has hit out at his critics, accusing them of being 'little pharaohs' who are out to topple him.
Embattled Kulim MP Zulkifli Noordin has hit out at his critics, accusing them of being 'little pharaohs' who are out to topple him.
"Looking at the press statements made, it is clear that I have been found guilty even though I have not gone through any (disciplinary) proceedings.
"It seems the little Pharaohs are barking here and there, demanding for my head," wrote Zulkifli in a posting on his blog today.
The lawyer-turned-PKR politician said he has yet to receive any notice from the party to attend a disciplinary hearing or meeting to discuss his conduct.
"While the little pharaohs are in the process are ‘chopping me to bits' through the media, until now, I have not been called to give an explanation or defend myself," he said.
On Sunday, PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim told reporters he had written to Zulkifli for an explanation over the latter's recent outburst against opposition colleague Khalid Samad.
If Zulkifli replies, the issue will be discussed at the party's political bureau meeting this afternoon.
Zulkifli came under fire after he lodged a police report against Khalid, who is Shah Alam MP, over his call for reform to the 1988 Enactment on Non-Islamic Religions (Restrictions of propagation among those of Islamic faith).
The police report was harshly criticised by PKR leader Zaid Ibrahim, who has demanded that Zulkifli be sacked, because the police report is tantamount to intimidating Khalid.
In his blog posting today, Zulkifli stressed that the police report was his effort to stop the abuse of the term ‘Allah' for political purposes.
"My crime is defending the sanctity of the term ‘Allah' from being 'butchered and polluted' by a group which has politicised the religion.
"Politics has made everything halal (kosher, for them) even if it means sacrificing your wife and children. Politics has become ‘god' at the expense of (the term) ‘Allah' being stepped on," said Zulkifli sarcastically.
'No compromise'
Zulkifli concluded his posting by stressing that he would not "compromise one bit" in what he terms as an attempt to abuse of the term ‘Allah'.
The dispute over the use of ‘Allah' stemmed from the Kuala Lumpur High Court decision last month to overturn the home minister's ban on Catholic weekly Herald on using the word in its Bahasa Malaysia edition.
Both Muslim-majority PKR and conservative-Islamist PAS have taken the position that non-Muslims are allowed to use ‘Allah' because it is used to describe God by adherents of the Abrahamic faiths in the Middle East.
The two parties have however stressed that non-Muslims cannot use the term to confuse or proselytise Muslims.
Umno has claimed exclusive rights to the word for Muslims and its proxies are insinuating that the controversy has stemmed from non-Muslims trying to undermine Islam.
"Looking at the press statements made, it is clear that I have been found guilty even though I have not gone through any (disciplinary) proceedings.
"It seems the little Pharaohs are barking here and there, demanding for my head," wrote Zulkifli in a posting on his blog today.The lawyer-turned-PKR politician said he has yet to receive any notice from the party to attend a disciplinary hearing or meeting to discuss his conduct.
"While the little pharaohs are in the process are ‘chopping me to bits' through the media, until now, I have not been called to give an explanation or defend myself," he said.
On Sunday, PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim told reporters he had written to Zulkifli for an explanation over the latter's recent outburst against opposition colleague Khalid Samad.
If Zulkifli replies, the issue will be discussed at the party's political bureau meeting this afternoon.
Zulkifli came under fire after he lodged a police report against Khalid, who is Shah Alam MP, over his call for reform to the 1988 Enactment on Non-Islamic Religions (Restrictions of propagation among those of Islamic faith).
The police report was harshly criticised by PKR leader Zaid Ibrahim, who has demanded that Zulkifli be sacked, because the police report is tantamount to intimidating Khalid.
In his blog posting today, Zulkifli stressed that the police report was his effort to stop the abuse of the term ‘Allah' for political purposes.
"My crime is defending the sanctity of the term ‘Allah' from being 'butchered and polluted' by a group which has politicised the religion.
"Politics has made everything halal (kosher, for them) even if it means sacrificing your wife and children. Politics has become ‘god' at the expense of (the term) ‘Allah' being stepped on," said Zulkifli sarcastically.
'No compromise'
Zulkifli concluded his posting by stressing that he would not "compromise one bit" in what he terms as an attempt to abuse of the term ‘Allah'.
The dispute over the use of ‘Allah' stemmed from the Kuala Lumpur High Court decision last month to overturn the home minister's ban on Catholic weekly Herald on using the word in its Bahasa Malaysia edition.
Both Muslim-majority PKR and conservative-Islamist PAS have taken the position that non-Muslims are allowed to use ‘Allah' because it is used to describe God by adherents of the Abrahamic faiths in the Middle East.
The two parties have however stressed that non-Muslims cannot use the term to confuse or proselytise Muslims.
Umno has claimed exclusive rights to the word for Muslims and its proxies are insinuating that the controversy has stemmed from non-Muslims trying to undermine Islam.
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