Malay rights pressure group Perkasa defended their president Ibrahim Ali saying the latter had not called for all bibles to be burned, only for those that contain the word ‘Allah’.
"The truth is, our Perkasa president (right) only said that Malay language bibles that use the word 'Allah' or is in Jawi should be burnt, he did not instruct all bibles to be burnt as a whole," Negeri Sembilan Perkasa chief Mohd Noor Nordin was quoted inUtusan Malaysiasaying.
According to the Umno-owned Malay daily today, Perkasa accused human rights lawyer Siti Zabedah Kasim of lodging a false police report against their president and slandering him.
In response, they have lodged their own counter reportsnationwide - including Kuala Lumpur, Kelantan, Penang, Selangor and Perak - against the lawyer, according to the daily.
On Jan 23 Siti Zabedah led a group of citizens to lodge a police report against Ibrahim for calling on people to burn bibles using the word 'Allah'.
This followed DAP chairperson Karpal Singh’s (left) police report on the same matter on Jan 22.
Karpal had lodged the police report after attorney-general Gani Patail said Ibrahim would not be prosecuted unless the burning of bibles actually takes place.
Police have since recorded Ibrahim’s statement on Jan 24, and the Pasir Mas MP has defended his remark claiming that he did not intend to offend Christians.
"The truth is, our Perkasa president (right) only said that Malay language bibles that use the word 'Allah' or is in Jawi should be burnt, he did not instruct all bibles to be burnt as a whole," Negeri Sembilan Perkasa chief Mohd Noor Nordin was quoted inUtusan Malaysiasaying.According to the Umno-owned Malay daily today, Perkasa accused human rights lawyer Siti Zabedah Kasim of lodging a false police report against their president and slandering him.
In response, they have lodged their own counter reportsnationwide - including Kuala Lumpur, Kelantan, Penang, Selangor and Perak - against the lawyer, according to the daily.
On Jan 23 Siti Zabedah led a group of citizens to lodge a police report against Ibrahim for calling on people to burn bibles using the word 'Allah'.This followed DAP chairperson Karpal Singh’s (left) police report on the same matter on Jan 22.
Karpal had lodged the police report after attorney-general Gani Patail said Ibrahim would not be prosecuted unless the burning of bibles actually takes place.
Police have since recorded Ibrahim’s statement on Jan 24, and the Pasir Mas MP has defended his remark claiming that he did not intend to offend Christians.
Perkasa is one of many groups that have opposed non-Muslims' use of the term 'Allah' in the Malay translation of the bible, even though the Kuala Lumpur High Court has ruled in the latter's favour.
The government has since appealed the court's decision and the appeal is pending.
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