Yesterday the daily gave extensive coverage to a so-called"apostasy movement" in its regular Monday column, Bicara Isnin.
In the second part of the column published today, scathing allegations against Christians were listed in an information text box titled Matlamat gerakan Kristian (Objectives of the Christian movement).
Sinar Harian listed four items that it said "are among other programmes to destroy Muslims":
1. Social movement: encouraging free sex among youths, men and women;
2. Moral degradation: damaging moral values with wild activities;
3. Permitting prostitution: as a service occupation; and
4. Films and music: inserting negative elements or extreme scenes, and excessive music that leads to heedlessness and negligence.
The daily did not elaborate on these allegations.
On the same page, Sinar Harianpublished two reports quoting Islamic NGO Jamaah Islah Malaysia (JIM) president Zaid Kamaruddin and Malaysia Syariah Lawyers Council president Isa Ralik respectively.
Zaid (left) called on the authorities to establish a research centre to detect apostasy at early stage, before it got worse, while Isa said preaching non-Islamic religions to Muslims was a violation of the federation constitution.
Yesterday the daily reported on its front page that the "apostasy movement" was getting bolder and was being done openly.
In a related development, former information minister Zainuddin Maidin, in an article published in Utusan Malaysia today, urged the Malay rulers' council to focus on the rise of proselytising by Christian groups.
Zainuddin (right) said the proselytising activities exposed recently had been done in a "subtle, intelligent, bold, aggressive and provocative" manner with the purpose of turning Malaysia into another Indonesia.
"Their objective is to erase the image of 'Malaysian Malays - One Religion' and they want Malaysia to become Indonesia, where 'one race is not one religion'."
Comparing the preaching approach of Christian and Islamic groups in the country, the karyawan tamu(visiting fellow) of Universiti Utara Malaysia said Christians were more dynamic and progressive while the Islamic groups were old-fashioned, not creative and not responsive to the current demands.
Therefore, Zainuddin added, the Malay rulers' council, which oversees the nation's religious agencies, should address the issue immediately. - Malaysiakini
"Sinar Harian sincerely apologises to all our readers, in particular those professing the Christian faith," said the tabloid's chief executive officer and publisher Hussamuddin Yaacub in a tweet message.
He said that the newspaper will publish a clarification/correction in its print version tomorrow.
I pray this thing will cause many more to do research on Christianity and will find the TRUTH.
ReplyDeletePlease look for evidence from the Bible before making such extremely provocative statement... don't humiliate yourselves. Period.
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