Isma now labels Chinese as ‘extremists’ for opposing hudud

After the Chinese were told that they are "trespassers", a preacher is asking if they can be called "extremists" as well for allegedly interfering in matters related to Islam.

The preacher, Ustaz Sharipudin Ab Kadir, who heads the Syura Council of Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) and the group's Pasir Puteh branch, wrote in his column on Isma's website that the Chinese were uneasy with the Malays.

He questioned why they interfered in matters related to Islam, which was the religion of the Malays.

"Why do DAP and MCA, which are Chinese parties, fighting hudud when its implementation only affects Muslims? Is this not overstepping their boundary and does it not show the extreme nature of the Chinese?

"Why do they stand in the way of the wishes of the Malays to practise their religion in their own country, when the Malays have never interfered or curbed them from practising their religions?

"Why are they so insolent towards the Malays when the Malays have accorded them such a high degree of respect?"

Sharipudin asked if the Chinese were actually using that as a strategy to realise the "Nam Thien" slogan of their forefathers, which refers to the "southern invasion” of the Chinese into Southeast Asia.

He said the Malays had allowed other races to live in peace in Malaysia, even though they themselves were marginalised when the country was heading towards independence.

He said the Malays were "homeless" in their own land.

"The British gave each Malay family an acre of land to plant padi. Their children studied only up to Standard Six, except for the children of the rich.

"For 500 years, the Malay race had been sidelined in all areas of life but they still shared the wealth of the country with the migrant races, even when they were often betrayed.

"How unfortunate that the migrants fail to respect the Malays, except in matters that are profitable to them," he said.

Isma had, of late, been targeting the Chinese and non-Muslims in Malaysia as the hudud issue escalates.

On May 1, Isma president Abdullah Zaik Abd Rahman (pic) questioned the contributions of non-Muslims to the country that gave them the right to make demands.

On Tuesday, Zaik called the Chinese, who came to Tanah Melayu with the British, "trespassers" and accused them of being in cohorts with the colonial power to bully the Malays.

He also questioned the citizenship and wealth given to the Chinese and said it was all a mistake that needed to be rectified, although he did not say how. – May 8, 2014.