The debate would give the rest of Malaysia the opportunity to understand the seriousness of the hudud issue.
FMT
GEORGE TOWN: DAPSY Bukit Bendera secretary, Syerleena Abdul Rashid, wants to take on PAS Syura Ulama Council Member Zaharudin Muhammad on the hudud issue.
She was commenting on Zaharudin challenging DAP Secretary General Lim Guan Eng, a non-Muslim, to a debate on hudud law. Zaharudin is the son-in-law of PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang
“I would like to throw this challenge back to Zaharudin. Let us – you and I – debate this matter instead,” said Syerleena who is also DAP Wanita Bukit Bendera Political Education Director. “We should discuss this matter based on facts, and not emotion or any form of threats, so that the rest of Malaysia can understand the seriousness of the issue.”
DAP, she stressed, is also willing to discuss with PAS on why fighting corruption was the most important issue in Malaysia.
“DAP’s stand on hudud and its implementation, in the words of Lim Kit Siang, ‘is the same as the stand taken by the first three Prime Ministers of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Razak and Hussein,” she said. “Hudud laws go against the Federal Constitution which provides for a secular state with Islam as the religion of the Federation – no religion in Sabah and Sarawak — and freedom of worship guaranteed for other religions”.
As a Muslim, she strongly believes that the priority should be on the eradication of corruption, the root of most evils in society.
“Zaharudin should also ask himself whether he’s against democracy, freedom, social justice, human rights, gender equality, and equal opportunity.”
She pledged that DAP is a party that believes in preserving the rights of all Malaysians regardless of race, religion and gender. “We believe in upholding equality and solidarity,” she added. “We believe in the importance of maintaining harmonious ethnic relations with fellow Malaysians from all walks of life, as this is what democracy and societal evolution and progress is all about.”
Living in a multi-cultural society, she pointed out; it is only natural for Malaysians to question any idea thoroughly.
GEORGE TOWN: DAPSY Bukit Bendera secretary, Syerleena Abdul Rashid, wants to take on PAS Syura Ulama Council Member Zaharudin Muhammad on the hudud issue.
She was commenting on Zaharudin challenging DAP Secretary General Lim Guan Eng, a non-Muslim, to a debate on hudud law. Zaharudin is the son-in-law of PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang
“I would like to throw this challenge back to Zaharudin. Let us – you and I – debate this matter instead,” said Syerleena who is also DAP Wanita Bukit Bendera Political Education Director. “We should discuss this matter based on facts, and not emotion or any form of threats, so that the rest of Malaysia can understand the seriousness of the issue.”
DAP, she stressed, is also willing to discuss with PAS on why fighting corruption was the most important issue in Malaysia.
“DAP’s stand on hudud and its implementation, in the words of Lim Kit Siang, ‘is the same as the stand taken by the first three Prime Ministers of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Razak and Hussein,” she said. “Hudud laws go against the Federal Constitution which provides for a secular state with Islam as the religion of the Federation – no religion in Sabah and Sarawak — and freedom of worship guaranteed for other religions”.
As a Muslim, she strongly believes that the priority should be on the eradication of corruption, the root of most evils in society.
“Zaharudin should also ask himself whether he’s against democracy, freedom, social justice, human rights, gender equality, and equal opportunity.”
She pledged that DAP is a party that believes in preserving the rights of all Malaysians regardless of race, religion and gender. “We believe in upholding equality and solidarity,” she added. “We believe in the importance of maintaining harmonious ethnic relations with fellow Malaysians from all walks of life, as this is what democracy and societal evolution and progress is all about.”
Living in a multi-cultural society, she pointed out; it is only natural for Malaysians to question any idea thoroughly.
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