No consultation was made with the state exco and the Menteri Besar prior to the raid yesterday.
PETALING JAYA: Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) forgot to inform the state exco before conducting the raid on Bible Society of Malaysia, said Selangor state exco on Islamic affairs Sallehen Mukhyi.
“They said it slipped their mind and the raid was done as Jais felt that there was a breach of the 1988 enactment on the use of the word ‘Allah’. They did it without consulting the Menteri Besar’s Office and me,” said Sallehen when contacted today.
Sallehen was asked to comment on his meeting today with Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) director Ahmad Zaharin Mohd Saad.
“Ahmad Zaharin would be submitting his report to me. I am expecting it by the end of the day.
Yesterday Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (Jais) raided the Bible Society of Malaysia and confiscated 300 Malay and Iban language Bibles.
The society’s president Lee Min Choon and general secretary Simon Wong was arrested by the police and released yesterday.
The bibles were confiscated in accordance with the Selangor Non-Islamic Religions (Control of Propagation Among Muslims) Enactment 1988.
Today Lee and Wong had meetings with officials from the Prime Minister’s Department.
On the confiscated Al-Kitab and Bup Kudus, Sallehen said he was unsure whether the Bibles would be returned.
“I am not sure since a police case has been filed.”
On proposals to amend the state amendment, he said: “It is a big sensitive issue. It would be best if the proposals by DAP lawmakers are discussed in the Pakatan Rakyat presidential council.”
He said this in response to proposals from three DAP state assemblymen to amend the enactment so that it also protects the interests of the non-Muslims.
The trio are Yeo Bee Yin (Damansara Utama) Rajiv Rishyakaran (Bukit Gasing) and Lau Weng San (Kampung Tunku).
Tags: Sallehen Mukhyi, Jais, raid, Bible, Bible Society of Malaysia, DAP, Non-Islamic Religions (Control of Propagation Among Muslims) Enactment 1988.
PETALING JAYA: Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) forgot to inform the state exco before conducting the raid on Bible Society of Malaysia, said Selangor state exco on Islamic affairs Sallehen Mukhyi.“They said it slipped their mind and the raid was done as Jais felt that there was a breach of the 1988 enactment on the use of the word ‘Allah’. They did it without consulting the Menteri Besar’s Office and me,” said Sallehen when contacted today.
Sallehen was asked to comment on his meeting today with Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) director Ahmad Zaharin Mohd Saad.
“Ahmad Zaharin would be submitting his report to me. I am expecting it by the end of the day.
Yesterday Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (Jais) raided the Bible Society of Malaysia and confiscated 300 Malay and Iban language Bibles.
The society’s president Lee Min Choon and general secretary Simon Wong was arrested by the police and released yesterday.
The bibles were confiscated in accordance with the Selangor Non-Islamic Religions (Control of Propagation Among Muslims) Enactment 1988.
Today Lee and Wong had meetings with officials from the Prime Minister’s Department.
On the confiscated Al-Kitab and Bup Kudus, Sallehen said he was unsure whether the Bibles would be returned.
“I am not sure since a police case has been filed.”
On proposals to amend the state amendment, he said: “It is a big sensitive issue. It would be best if the proposals by DAP lawmakers are discussed in the Pakatan Rakyat presidential council.”
He said this in response to proposals from three DAP state assemblymen to amend the enactment so that it also protects the interests of the non-Muslims.
The trio are Yeo Bee Yin (Damansara Utama) Rajiv Rishyakaran (Bukit Gasing) and Lau Weng San (Kampung Tunku).
Tags: Sallehen Mukhyi, Jais, raid, Bible, Bible Society of Malaysia, DAP, Non-Islamic Religions (Control of Propagation Among Muslims) Enactment 1988.
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