MCA: Hudud only for Muslims a lie

 

MCA has accused DAP and PAS of “lying” in the interest of votes when it said that the Hudud will only apply to Muslims.

Referring to an Utusan Malaysia interview, MCA vice president Chew Mei Fun (below) said that an Islamic scholar said that the Hudud should apply to all in the interest of fairness.

“(The scholar's) statement is shocking and it makes people wonder if his statement represents the thoughts of the majority of Muslims.

“In other words, no matter how PAS and DAP stressed that the theocratic law is only meant for Muslims, this is just a lie to fish votes,” she said in a statement.

In the interview, state-funded research centre International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies scholar Mohamed Azam Mohamed Adil said that it would be unfair to implement Hudud only for Muslims.

He said that this is especially when the crime also involves non-Muslim assailants.

“If Hudud is to be implemented, it cannot just be for Muslims but also for non-Muslims. It cannot be implented separately (for adherents of different faiths) because it would not be just...

“For example, if a Muslim steals and it is proven in court, his hand will be amputated, but for a non-Muslim who steals, he does not undergo the Hudud but is only jailed for the offence,” he reportedly said.

Mohamed Azam, a professor specialising in syariah law, said it is equally unfair if an inter-religious adult couple is proven to have had pre-marital sex, as the Muslim is stoned but the non-Muslim unpunished.

'DAP is beautifying PAS and Hudud'

According to Chew, the scholar's statement shows that PAS and DAP are continuously trying to “mislead” the people into accepting two sets of criminal laws.

“We already have two types of courts, which has triggered a series of problems for the people. This proves that one set of law will not interfere with another is a non-practical and nonsensical explanation,” she said.

She added that even if PAS shelves the plans, the episode shows that DAP in complicit in “beautifying” PAS' theocratic goals to appeal to more Malaysians.

“DAP cannot run away from its historic responsibility and it has caused a permanent damage to our nation's development just to win power.

“However, we hope that DAP can still do the right thing, be brave to leave Pakatan Rakyat instead of telling PAS to leave Pakatan Rakyat because we have not seen PKR in rejecting hudud.”