DAP asked to clean MCA's mess over 'Allah' fallout
Published: Jan 13, 2014 3:42 PM | Updated: Jan 13, 2014 5:03 PM
MCA has urged DAP to review the Selangor Non-Islamic Religions (Control of Propagation Among Muslims) Enactment 1988, which has caused a row between Christians and Muslims over the use of the word 'Allah', a law that the MCA was partly responsible for introducing.
MCA has urged DAP to review the Selangor Non-Islamic Religions (Control of Propagation Among Muslims) Enactment 1988, which has caused a row between Christians and Muslims over the use of the word 'Allah', a law that the MCA was partly responsible for introducing.
MCA's religious harmony bureau chairperson Ti Lian Ker (left) said with Pakatan Rakyat now in power in Selangor, it was the coalition's responsibility to address the problem, instead of blaming MCA.
"DAP, PKR and PAS have been given the mandate to govern and thereby enact or amend laws for the second term.
"It is now Pakatan’s responsibility, rather than immediately silencing up after (Opposition Leader) Anwar Ibrahim gave a public rebuke to the three DAP assemblypersons who had proposed amendments to the said enactment," Ti said in a press statement today.
He was responding to Selangor DAP chief Tony Pua, who in a statement yesterday said the MCA had no moral standing to criticise DAP on the 'Allah' row since the party was responsible for the ongoing crisis by allowing the controversial legislation to be passed in 1988.
Ti: Is it not timely to review enactment?
Pua said assemblypersons Yeo Bee Yin (Damansara Utama), R Rajiv (Bukit Gasing) and Lau Weng San (Kampung Tunku) had the right to suggest amendments to the enactment but DAP needed to consult its partners for a Pakatan consensus statement.
"Given the call by the three DAP state assemblymen, is it not timely that a review of the said enactment be done now?” Ti asked.
"Tony Pua should not ruminate about the past but come up with a solution."
He also urged the state government to demand the speedy release of the confiscated copies of the Bible by the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (Jais).
Jais on Jan 2 raided the Bible Society of Malaysia and confiscated more than 300 copies of the Bible in the Malay and Iban languages for using the word 'Allah' to refer to God.
The Islamic authority claimed it was merely enforcing the Selangor Non-Islamic Religions (Control of Propagation Among Muslims) Enactment 1988, which bans non-Muslims from using the word 'Allah'.
MCA's religious harmony bureau chairperson Ti Lian Ker (left) said with Pakatan Rakyat now in power in Selangor, it was the coalition's responsibility to address the problem, instead of blaming MCA."DAP, PKR and PAS have been given the mandate to govern and thereby enact or amend laws for the second term.
"It is now Pakatan’s responsibility, rather than immediately silencing up after (Opposition Leader) Anwar Ibrahim gave a public rebuke to the three DAP assemblypersons who had proposed amendments to the said enactment," Ti said in a press statement today.
He was responding to Selangor DAP chief Tony Pua, who in a statement yesterday said the MCA had no moral standing to criticise DAP on the 'Allah' row since the party was responsible for the ongoing crisis by allowing the controversial legislation to be passed in 1988.
Ti: Is it not timely to review enactment?
Pua said assemblypersons Yeo Bee Yin (Damansara Utama), R Rajiv (Bukit Gasing) and Lau Weng San (Kampung Tunku) had the right to suggest amendments to the enactment but DAP needed to consult its partners for a Pakatan consensus statement.
"Given the call by the three DAP state assemblymen, is it not timely that a review of the said enactment be done now?” Ti asked."Tony Pua should not ruminate about the past but come up with a solution."
He also urged the state government to demand the speedy release of the confiscated copies of the Bible by the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (Jais).
Jais on Jan 2 raided the Bible Society of Malaysia and confiscated more than 300 copies of the Bible in the Malay and Iban languages for using the word 'Allah' to refer to God.
The Islamic authority claimed it was merely enforcing the Selangor Non-Islamic Religions (Control of Propagation Among Muslims) Enactment 1988, which bans non-Muslims from using the word 'Allah'.
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