Dan terbaru kawan Outsyed, Kassim Ahmad yang sesat
*Hapuskan Islam Dari Perlembagaan-Kassim Ahmad*
Aktivis
anti hadis Kassim Ahmad terus menimbulkan kontroversi dengan kenyataan
terbaru utk menghapuskan Islam dari perlembagaan.
Bacaan lanjut
Condemnation of Jahabar and TMI for pushing the narrative of the abolishment of "Islam as the religion of the Federation".
I refer to TMInsight article https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/1752/.
I strongly condemn Jahabar and TMInsight for publishing the narrative
of the abolishment of Article 3 of the constitution which stipulates
Islam as the religion of the Federation.
The following are excerpts from the article:
“Religion has nothing to do with government officials… they just have to govern collectively and fairly,”
“We
have to amend the constitution, the federal religion in the
constitution must be removed. A government must be just, a country
doesn’t have a religion, (only) people have religion,”
These
are excerpts from Kassim Ahmad. We demand to know whether this was a
special interview solely conducted by TMI. What was the purpose of the
interview? Was it purposely intended for publishing such views.
The
views in the article are definitely radical and extreme views going
against the root of our constitutional compromise. Its consequence is to
diminish the state legislative powers on Islam and abolish all shariah
stakeholders, jurisdictions and institutions. It will greatly affect the
role and stature of our sultans.
It
is on this score I condemn in the harshest sense jahabar TMI and
kassim. I also await whether the Bar will make a statement defending the
We
read with alarm the interview conducted by The Malaysian Insight
(“TMI”), being a relaunched Malaysian Insider with the same editor in
chief, Jahabar Sadiq at the helm, of Kassim Ahmad, in which he is
extolled by the online portal as a “Muslim scholar” and a “well-known
intellectual”.
Kassim
Ahmad is no stranger to Malaysians, in particular Muslims, especially
with regard to his controversial position on the place of Hadith, or
collection of sayings and deeds of Prophet Muhammad, the final messenger
of Allah in Islam and was arrested and detained under the now repealed
Internal Security Act 1960 in the mid-1970s for propagating such
controversial beliefs in the public sphere.
In
the Malaysian Insight interview, titled ‘Governments have no business
meddling in Islam, says scholar Kassim’ he is quoted as saying that the
way Islam is governed in Malaysia leads to religious conflicts.
Moreover, he even had the audacity to call for the Federal
Constitution to be amended to remove all references to Islam as the religion of our federation.
Article
3(1)’s position in our Constitution is clear cut and not up for debate.
It is part of the constitutional compromise by our forefathers, in
which recognition is duly given to the history of the Malay Muslim
Sultanates that make up Malaya in which Islam and its jurisprudence has
always been accorded recognition. This has even been affirmed by past
colonial powers such as Britain, in which R.J. Wilkinson acknowledged
the supremacy of Islamic law amongst the inhabitants of this land, and
the judicial recognition thereof in early cases such as Ramah v Laton.
It
is a fundamental pillar of our modern state and forms part of the basic
structure of our Constitution which cannot be altered in any way
whatsoever.
To
call for the repeal of Islam’s exalted status as the religion of the
federation is tantamount to sedition as envisaged by the Sedition Act
1948 as amended in 1970 following the 1969 racial riots in which other
fundamental pillars and parts that make up the basic structure of our
Constitution were questioned, namely the position of Malays per Article
153 of the Constitution and the status of Malay as the national language
per Article 152 of the same. The Act was amended to prohibit the
question of such fundamental pillars to ensure that racial riots would
never again recur.
The
call by Kassim Ahmad therefore, constitutes a criminal offence of the
type envisaged above and TMI, by carrying such an interview is guilty by
association and implication. The offence is one that, quite plainly,
will have serious consequences for racial and religious harmony in our
fragile multicultural community and have adverse effects for our
economic well-being.
We therefore accordingly
call upon the authorities to investigate Kassim Ahmad and TMI for
sedition, as well as possible other offences in the Penal Code, and
prosecute the same parties to the maximum extent possible under the law.
Let
it serve as a warning too to those harbouring similar thoughts that any
attempt to seditiously undermine the religion of Islam and incite
racial tensions amongst the diverse races shall not be tolerated at any
expense.
*The above is a Press Statement by:-
1. Azril Mohd Amin, Chief Executive of the Centre for Human Rights Research and Advocacy (CENTHRA)
2. Aidil Khalid, Campaign Coordinator for the Concerned Lawyers for Justice (CLJ)
3. Faidhur Rahman Abdul Hadi, Chief Executive Officer of Young Professionals (YP)
4. Dato’ Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar, President of Persatuan Peguam Muslim Malaysia (PPMM)
5. Mohd Luttfi Abdul Khalid, Chairman of iPeguam
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