Home Minister says he may mislead Muslims with his brand of Islamic liberalism.
FMT
KUCHING: Home Minister Zahid Hamidi has confirmed that Islamic scholar Ulil Abshar Abdalla of Indonesia, scheduled to arrive in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday to speak at a public forum, has been placed on the Immigration Department’s blacklist and will be barred from entering the country.
“He was invited by local NGOs to speak about liberalism. But we received various reports from those who are against his idea of liberalism,” said Zahid on Saturday here after a Security and Public Order seminar. “He may mislead Muslims with his brand of liberalism.”
Zahid also launched a book, “A Policeman”, by Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar which tells of his life in the force.
Umno, Jakim, Isma and various fringe groups have spoken out against Ulil’s visit.
Ulil was scheduled to speak at the forum, “Religious Fundamentalism Threat in This Century”, organised by the Global Movement of Moderates Foundation (GMM) and the Islamic Renaissance Front.
The National Fatwa Council declared in 1996 that Muslims in Malaysia must adhere to the practices of the Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah (Shafie sect) of Islam.
Ulil is an Orientalist scholar affiliated to Jaringan Islam Liberal (Liberal Islam Network) in Indonesia.
In 2003, a group of Indonesian Islamic clerics from Forum Ulama Umat Islam issued a death fatwa against him for an article he wrote in ”Kompas” in 2002 entitled “Menyegarkan Kembali Pemahaman Islam” (Rejuvenating the Islamic Understanding) that they considered heretical.
In March 2011, a letter bomb addressed to Ulil at Komunitas Utan Kayu exploded, injuring a police officer.
Ulil also defended the right of the Ahmadi people, which is an uncommon stance within conservative Islam and opposed numerous fatwas issued by the Majlis Ulama Indonesia.
KUCHING: Home Minister Zahid Hamidi has confirmed that Islamic scholar Ulil Abshar Abdalla of Indonesia, scheduled to arrive in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday to speak at a public forum, has been placed on the Immigration Department’s blacklist and will be barred from entering the country.
“He was invited by local NGOs to speak about liberalism. But we received various reports from those who are against his idea of liberalism,” said Zahid on Saturday here after a Security and Public Order seminar. “He may mislead Muslims with his brand of liberalism.”
Zahid also launched a book, “A Policeman”, by Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar which tells of his life in the force.
Umno, Jakim, Isma and various fringe groups have spoken out against Ulil’s visit.
Ulil was scheduled to speak at the forum, “Religious Fundamentalism Threat in This Century”, organised by the Global Movement of Moderates Foundation (GMM) and the Islamic Renaissance Front.
The National Fatwa Council declared in 1996 that Muslims in Malaysia must adhere to the practices of the Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah (Shafie sect) of Islam.
Ulil is an Orientalist scholar affiliated to Jaringan Islam Liberal (Liberal Islam Network) in Indonesia.
In 2003, a group of Indonesian Islamic clerics from Forum Ulama Umat Islam issued a death fatwa against him for an article he wrote in ”Kompas” in 2002 entitled “Menyegarkan Kembali Pemahaman Islam” (Rejuvenating the Islamic Understanding) that they considered heretical.
In March 2011, a letter bomb addressed to Ulil at Komunitas Utan Kayu exploded, injuring a police officer.
Ulil also defended the right of the Ahmadi people, which is an uncommon stance within conservative Islam and opposed numerous fatwas issued by the Majlis Ulama Indonesia.
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