PAS' Parit Buntar MP Mujahid Yusof Rawa today urged Malaysia to implement a ‘Common Word’ programme to unite Muslims, Christians and Jews in the effort to battle rising extremism in the country.

In his Christmas message today, Mujahid, who is also a member of the National Unity Consultative Council, said that the Common Word should be able to unite all these different faiths.

"Common Word should be encouraging all these three religions to share the suffering of mankind. All these three religions should also oppose religious extremism and racial hatred together," he said.

Judaism, Christianity and Islam, known as Abrahamic religions, share many similarities in their faiths.

Mujahid said that a Common Word programme is necessary to to negate all the "conspiracy theories" which he said are increasingly hurting Malaysia.

"Killing under the name of religion and insulting other religions are dark clouds that hover over racial relations," he said.

"Such culture must be overcome together by all parties who want to save the world from being clouded by a dark cloud that will invite bane to mankind," he added.

‘Exclusive zone’

The PAS leader said that the right to have faith in various religions must remain in an "exclusive zone".

"Otherwise, there is no point in us having faith in a particular religion," he said.

The country has been embroiled in the Allah controversy where non-Muslims, specifically Christian bumiputera, are banned from using the word ‘Allah’ to refer to God in the peninsula.

In June, the Federal Court - the country highest court - has affirmed the Court of Appeal decision to reverse the High Court ruling that non-Muslims can use ‘Allah’.

Incidences of Malay-language bibles being seized by the authorities have raised religious tension among Malaysians.