Reject Perkasa’s threat to burn bibles, Anwar tells Muslims

All Malaysians should rebuff threats against that which is revered by each other’s faiths, said Anwar. — File pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 ― Muslims nationwide should condemn Perkasa’s threat to burn all Malay-language Bibles, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today after labelling the warning an “extreme” method of safeguarding the word “Allah”.

The opposition leader, who is also Muslim, said those who profess Islam and claim to protect “Allah” and the Quran should also defend their faith and morals by preventing the spread of racial insults, which was discouraged by the religion.

“We can condemn and disagree all we want, but if there is proof of any Christian trying to proselytise to a Muslim, then we bring this to court.

“But to burn or threaten to burn that which those of another faith consider it to be their holy book, this is an extreme act that should be rejected by all Malaysians, including Muslims,” he told a press conference.

During Perkasa’s convention in Penang last weekend, the group’s president Datuk Ibrahim Ali had urged Muslims to unite and burn all Malay language bibles that contain the word “Allah” and other religious Arabic texts.

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