Have faith in Jais, says ulama group

KUALA LUMPUR, August 9 The Ulama Association of Malaysia (PUM) has urged all parties to put full trust in a Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) as well as not to indulge in conjecture following a raid upon a church final week.

PUM secretary-general Dr Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor said Malaysians contingency have certainty in Jais capability to lift out a duties in safeguarding a Muslim faith, as prolonged as a state eremite dialect acted within a law.

He stressed which all parties should accept a actuality which Islam was a religion of a federation as set out in a Constitution as well as strongly warned against questioning which provision in a way which might bluster Islams position.

PUM also urges as well as advises all parties, together with domestic leaders as well as a media, not to make use of this issue for provocation, he said in a statement today.

Twisting a contribution of a situation is irresponsible as well as will not help to resolve a problem, not to discuss lead to division as well as tension between a people.

Jais coercion officers raided a 1 Malaysia Muhibbah Fundraising Dinner during a Damansara Utama Methodist Church (DUMC) in Petaling Jaya final Wednesday night but a warrant after receiving an vague complaint, bringing with them a group of policemen.

Between 100 as well as 120 people, together with a dozen Muslims, attended a non-religious event to applaud Harapan Komunitis success in assisting women, children, HIV/AIDS sufferers as well as victims of natural disasters.

Selangors Non-Islamic Religions (Control of Propagation Amongst Muslims) Enactment (1988), which outlines offences deemed as acts of proselytisation by non-Muslims towards Muslims, grants a eremite authorities powers to launch investigations as well as detain individuals but producing a warrant.

Immediately after, Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim called upon Jais to allow a state supervision with a full report upon a role of a raid while giving an ass! urance w hich a state supervision fully respects leisure of religion as well as rights of eremite groups.


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