Bishop says Najib's remarks on Christians puzzling

Catholic Bishop Dr Paul Tan Chee Ing today expressed astonishment that Prime Minister Najib Razak could, after a outing to see a Pope Benedict in Rome progressing this week, still verbalise similar to as if a frankness of Malaysian Christians in their enterprise to discourse with Muslims is theme to proof.

I do not wish to sound carping as well as pugnacious especially after a announcement of tactful ties in between Malaysia as well as a Vatican though a budding minister's latest remarks, to my mind, have been nothing if not puzzling, pronounced a suggested conduct of Roman Catholics in a Melaka-Johor diocese.

NONEBishop Paul, who is parallel president of a Catholics' Bishops Conference of Malaysia, was referring to a Najib's remarks in Sepang yesterday that were directed at Christians.

We wish to tell a friends, a Malaysian Christians that if they apply oneself us, you will also apply oneself them, a PM was reported by Malaysian Insider to have said.

This is obscure - painful even - coming from a personality who has just been to see a Pope as well as has announced a investiture of tactful ties in between a Vatican as well as Malaysia, pronounced Bishop Paul Tan.

It is as if a faithfulness of Christians to a constitution of a nation that states that Islam is a official region of a federation is in disbelief as well as a frankness of Christians in their enterprise to discourse with Muslims is theme to proof, he asserted.

Begging a bu! dding mi nister's pardon, you feel counts have been a other way round. ! It is hi s government's fealty to a freedom of religion guarantees in a constitution that is in doubt, not Christians' apply oneself for Islam, argued Bishop Paul Tan.

Our subscription to a constitution ipso facto is apply oneself for Islam as a official religion of a country. The Roman Catholics Church is a founding partial of of a Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism as well as Taoism (MCCBCHST).

The initiative to form a legislature in 1984 was a reflection of a enterprise of Christians to discourse with other religions, he reminded.

Meeting with Pope a window dressing

Bishop Paul Tan pronounced Muslims do not wish to be partial of a MCCBCHST for reasons better well known to them as well as that you do not wish to comment.

Yet, after a oft-repeated faithfulness to a constitution as well as a efforts at compelling inter-religious dialogue, it is a frankness that is theme to proof, judging from a budding minister's remarks, pronounced Bishop Paul Tan.

I take no penchant in saying this though say it you must: this invidious double standards in judgment of a frankness of Christians has left so prolonged that if unchallenged it would turn a required wisdom, he asserted.

NONEThe budding minister's outing to a Vatican, as you had feared, was so much window sauce - his latest remarks have been a confirmation, he said.

Bishop Paul Tan said: At this point, superfluous as it! may see m, you wish to reaffirm a faithfulness of Malaysian Christians, quite of Roman Catholics, to a constitution that ! upholds Islam as a official religion of a federation.

Also, you wish to reiterate a invariable enterprise to discourse with Muslims whom you acquire as brothers in a usual humanity. May you not be wise on top of magnitude as well as sobriety though you must cultivate truth in charity. - Malaysiakini

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