Isma says Jewish, Christian interests will lead ‘new government’ if Sedition Act goes

Repealing laws like the Sedition Act "in a package" will give rise to liberalism and expose the nation to foreign intervention, allowing Jewish and Christian capitalists to determine and shape the country's policies, said Islamic non-governmental organisation Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma).

Its president Abdullah Zaik Abd Rahman (pic) said the repeal of certain laws could also lead to the downfall of the government and be replaced by a government that supports these capitalists.

He said the Sedition Act was a man-made law, which was not based on Islam, so it could be reviewed from time to time, changed or even abolished.

"For the context of this discussion, is it good to abolish or keep it?" he said in a statement on Isma's website today.

Abdullah Zaik said the repeal would allow certain quarters to debate core issues that cannot be challenged such as the position of Islam, the sovereignty of the Malay rulers, the privileges of the Malays and Bumiputeras, and matters concerning the Malay language.

"Everything will become debatable and abolishable ... it will have huge implications on the social contract and the structure of the nation's future," he said.

Repealing the Sedition Act, he said, has to be seen in the form of a 'package' since it came off the heels of the repeal of the Internal Security Act and Emergency Ordinance, calls to abolish the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012, as well as calls for Press freedom.

"If these laws are repealed as a package, we will see a wide limitless liberalisation and a rise in problems like allowing people to question the Federal Constitution, and invite foreign intervention by Jewish and Christian capitalists.

"They will determine and influence our national policies according to what they want, bring down the government and install one that listens to them," Abdullah Zaik said.

He warned that harmony would be threatened without these laws, and expose the country to larger problems.

"What more if we look at the demography, racial polarisation and others that are already so critical in our society now. It will bring more dangerous clashes between parties of interest," he said.

Abdullah Zaik said the real issue here was the misuse of the laws, the abuse of power by parties with political interests or what was often called 'selective prosecution' of late.

He said in the issue of power abuse, enforcement has to be controlled, instead of repealing laws to solve the problem.

"A good law in the hands of a bad person can become something bad. A bad law in the hands of a good person can bring about good.

"The issue whether a law is good or not, depends on whether the person enforcing the law is pious or not," he said.

Abdullah Zaik said Isma agreed with some quarters that suggested the Act be improved with provisions to uphold the sovereignty and position of Islam in the Federal Constitution.

"Any effort to amend the Act should be towards preventing power abuse, selective prosecution, actions that are against Islam and the violation of the law itself.

"That is what we think should be done," he said.

Calls to repeal the Sedition Act has intensified over the last few months after numerous Pakatan Rakyat leaders like Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and DAP vice chairman Teresa Kok, and activists were investigated and charged one by one under the Act.

Abdullah Zaik himself is also facing a sedition charge for allegedly calling the Chinese community "trespassers brought in by the British government" on May 6 this year.

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