In a blog posting, Zulkifli (pic) pointed out that in April 2009, the Council of Churches in Malaysia (CCM) Youth had rejected the 10-point solution offered by Putrajaya.
"What I would like to highlight is the extremist and hypocritical attitude of the Christians in raising the 10-point solution every time the ‘Allah’ issue arises," Zulkifli wrote.
"Christian groups always point the finger at Putrajaya and accuse them of not honouring the 10-point solution. But on the other hand, the 10-point solution had been dismissed by the CCM Youth back in April 2009," Zulkifli said in the post.
Furthermore, Zulkifli said, the 10-point solution does not touch on the use of the word “Allah”, but only concerns the import, publication and distribution of Malay-Indonesian Bibles.
He said that the 10-point solution also stated that conditions regarding the import, publication and distribution of the said Bibles was according to Malaysian law.
"Even the Indonesian Christians have stopped using the word 'Allah' in their new Malay-Indonesian Bibles and changed the name to Elohim,” he wrote.
Zulkifli said that there were also Malaysian Christians who had stated that the word “Allah” was not part of Christian beliefs, and was replaceable with other words.
"Therefore, instead of constantly being confronted with the 10-point solution, Putrajaya should simply do away with this agreement," Zulkifli said.
"Every time the 'Allah' issue surfaces, it is certain that Christian extremists will raise the issue of the 10-point solution."
He was referring to the decision of the Federal Court on June 23, which decided not to grant leave for the Allah case appealed by the Catholic Church Archbishop.
"These Christian extremists accused Putrajaya of violating and betraying the 10-point solution when Christians in Malaysia were not allowed to use the word 'Allah'."
"Why do they keep raising the issue of the 10-point solution when it does not cover the use of the word 'Allah'?" Zulkifli asked.
On June 23, the Catholic Church’s battle over the use of the word “Allah” in their weekly publication ended after the Federal Court dismissed its leave application to appeal the ban.
Muslim scholars and clerics, both locally and worldwide, have criticised the ban, noting that the word predates Islam and simply means “God” in Arabic.
- TMI
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