They submit memorandum to Penang exco in charge of religious affairs and want him to resign.
FMT
GEORGE TOWN: A group of 50 Perkasa supporters demonstrated against state executive councillor in charge of religious affairs Abdul Malik Abul Kassim for supporting Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng over the “Allah” controversy in Komtar today.
Led by Perkasa state youth chief Mohd Rizuad Mohd Azudin, the group called for Malik to resign for backing Lim on the issue.
Chanting “Allahu Akbar” and “Malik Pondan”, the group later submitted a memorandum on the issue to Malik.
Malik’s aide Ziezul Hakim Zainol received the memorandum on his behalf from Mohd Rizuad.
The demonstration began at 2.40pm after Friday prayers and lasted for about 30 minutes.
The protesters tried to go to the third floor of Komtar to enter into the tower block, where government offices were located.
However, police stopped them and told Rizuad to handover the memorandum to Malik’s representative.
Earlier in the morning the group lodged 25 police reports against Lim over his statement last week that non-Muslims can use the word “Allah”.
The group also handed over a memorandum to the police to probe the case.
The Penang State Islamic Religious Administration Enactment 2004 has banned non-Muslims from using the word Allah via an amendment in 2010 under the Pakatan Rakyat government.
Under the amendment to sub-sections 48(3) and (4) of the Enactment, a list of 40 words such as Allah, Solat, Ulama, Soleh, Mufti, Iman, Surau and Nabi, were decreed as exclusive to Muslims by the Penang mufti.
Lim’s interpretation of the Enactment that it could not be enforced on non-Muslims drew mixed response from various quarters.
Umno and its cohorts criticised Lim that he had erred legally and interfered with the state Islamic affairs, which comes under the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s purview.
Other parties, such as Malik and several lawyers, however, backed Lim claiming that the chief minister was spot on with his interpretation of the law.
FMT
GEORGE TOWN: A group of 50 Perkasa supporters demonstrated against state executive councillor in charge of religious affairs Abdul Malik Abul Kassim for supporting Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng over the “Allah” controversy in Komtar today.
Led by Perkasa state youth chief Mohd Rizuad Mohd Azudin, the group called for Malik to resign for backing Lim on the issue.
Chanting “Allahu Akbar” and “Malik Pondan”, the group later submitted a memorandum on the issue to Malik.
Malik’s aide Ziezul Hakim Zainol received the memorandum on his behalf from Mohd Rizuad.
The demonstration began at 2.40pm after Friday prayers and lasted for about 30 minutes.
The protesters tried to go to the third floor of Komtar to enter into the tower block, where government offices were located.
However, police stopped them and told Rizuad to handover the memorandum to Malik’s representative.
Earlier in the morning the group lodged 25 police reports against Lim over his statement last week that non-Muslims can use the word “Allah”.
The group also handed over a memorandum to the police to probe the case.
The Penang State Islamic Religious Administration Enactment 2004 has banned non-Muslims from using the word Allah via an amendment in 2010 under the Pakatan Rakyat government.
Under the amendment to sub-sections 48(3) and (4) of the Enactment, a list of 40 words such as Allah, Solat, Ulama, Soleh, Mufti, Iman, Surau and Nabi, were decreed as exclusive to Muslims by the Penang mufti.
Lim’s interpretation of the Enactment that it could not be enforced on non-Muslims drew mixed response from various quarters.
Umno and its cohorts criticised Lim that he had erred legally and interfered with the state Islamic affairs, which comes under the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s purview.
Other parties, such as Malik and several lawyers, however, backed Lim claiming that the chief minister was spot on with his interpretation of the law.
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