Restriction on non-Muslim activities against Constitution
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GEORGE TOWN: Hindraf wants the Education Ministry to lift a ban on non-Muslim religious activities at all Mara junior science colleges and other Mara-operated institutes throughout the country and not just in Sarawak.
Hindraf leader P Waytha Moorthy said that the current religious ban had violated the Federal Constitution and made a mockery of the fundamentals of 1Malaysia concept advocated by prime minister Najib Abdul Razak.
The Federal Constitution stated clearly that: “Without prejudice to the generality of Article 8, there shall be no discrimination against any citizen on the grounds only of religion, race, descent or place of birth.”
Lifting the ban across the country would conform to the spirit of co-existence in Malaysia’s multi cultural and religious society, he said.
“If the government is sincere in promoting harmony and stability, such restriction should be lifted across the nation for all MRSM and all institutes currently being operated by Mara in Malaysia. The religious ban is unconstitutional and does not augur well for multi-ethnic composition of the country,” said Waytha Moorthy in a statement here today.
On Friday deputy prime minister and education minister Muhyiddin Yassin ordered Mara to immediately revoke all regulations banning non-Muslim religious activities in all its campuses in Sarawak.
Mara has 45 junior colleges, but Waytha Moorthy said it was schocking that Muhyiddin had restricted the repeal to only Clause 9 of the Additional Regulation (for non-Muslim students) listed in the MRSM student guideline.
He said the Education Ministry decision to select only Sarawak for exemption clearly was in breach of the entrenched constitutional rights of non-Muslim students in Mara colleges elsewhere in the country.
Malaysia’s unitary system should have a standardised set of regulations for the betterment of the community, he said. “It should not adopt a selective process in fear of political repercussions as seen in the case of Sarawak,’ said the Hindraf national chairman.
GEORGE TOWN: Hindraf wants the Education Ministry to lift a ban on non-Muslim religious activities at all Mara junior science colleges and other Mara-operated institutes throughout the country and not just in Sarawak.
Hindraf leader P Waytha Moorthy said that the current religious ban had violated the Federal Constitution and made a mockery of the fundamentals of 1Malaysia concept advocated by prime minister Najib Abdul Razak.
The Federal Constitution stated clearly that: “Without prejudice to the generality of Article 8, there shall be no discrimination against any citizen on the grounds only of religion, race, descent or place of birth.”
Lifting the ban across the country would conform to the spirit of co-existence in Malaysia’s multi cultural and religious society, he said.
“If the government is sincere in promoting harmony and stability, such restriction should be lifted across the nation for all MRSM and all institutes currently being operated by Mara in Malaysia. The religious ban is unconstitutional and does not augur well for multi-ethnic composition of the country,” said Waytha Moorthy in a statement here today.
On Friday deputy prime minister and education minister Muhyiddin Yassin ordered Mara to immediately revoke all regulations banning non-Muslim religious activities in all its campuses in Sarawak.
Mara has 45 junior colleges, but Waytha Moorthy said it was schocking that Muhyiddin had restricted the repeal to only Clause 9 of the Additional Regulation (for non-Muslim students) listed in the MRSM student guideline.
He said the Education Ministry decision to select only Sarawak for exemption clearly was in breach of the entrenched constitutional rights of non-Muslim students in Mara colleges elsewhere in the country.
Malaysia’s unitary system should have a standardised set of regulations for the betterment of the community, he said. “It should not adopt a selective process in fear of political repercussions as seen in the case of Sarawak,’ said the Hindraf national chairman.
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