De facto PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim admitted today that Selangor has not done enough on the issue of Bible Society of Malaysia (BSM) bibles being seized by the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (Jais) earlier this year.
Even though Jais does not directly come under the state supervision, he said that he Pakatan-led state administration and its Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim cannot "pass the buck".
"I agree that the MB should have taken more initiative on this matter," he said during a press conference at PKR headquarters today.
Anwar said that talk about the Selangor not acting proactively enough on the issue is a “concern that is shared by many”.
“I told the MB before that the state can return the Bibles with a strong condition that it must not be distributed among Muslims,” he said.
“I am pretty sure the church would not have a problem with such a condition,” he added.
Anwar was commenting on strong criticism by DAP’s Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo on Khalid’s handling of the matter.
“I think the criticism (from Gobind) is a bit strong, but this (Pakatan) is a democratic enterprise, and it is new for a lot of Malaysia. There will be criticism because we allow for that space,” he said.
However, Anwar refuted suggestions that Khalid did not have an interest to solve the issue in the first place.
“I think there was interest, but there should have been more initiative to assure the people,” he added.
Even though Jais does not directly come under the state supervision, he said that he Pakatan-led state administration and its Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim cannot "pass the buck"."I agree that the MB should have taken more initiative on this matter," he said during a press conference at PKR headquarters today.
Anwar said that talk about the Selangor not acting proactively enough on the issue is a “concern that is shared by many”.
“I told the MB before that the state can return the Bibles with a strong condition that it must not be distributed among Muslims,” he said.
“I am pretty sure the church would not have a problem with such a condition,” he added.
Anwar was commenting on strong criticism by DAP’s Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo on Khalid’s handling of the matter.
“I think the criticism (from Gobind) is a bit strong, but this (Pakatan) is a democratic enterprise, and it is new for a lot of Malaysia. There will be criticism because we allow for that space,” he said.
However, Anwar refuted suggestions that Khalid did not have an interest to solve the issue in the first place.
“I think there was interest, but there should have been more initiative to assure the people,” he added.
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