Rahman launches broadside against DAP MP

Housing and Local Government Minister takes to Twitter to explain defending Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali's call to burn Malay language bibles

PETALING JAYA: Housing and Local Government Minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan went on Twitter tirade against DAP MP Tony Pua today over reports that the former had defended Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali on the Malay bible-burning remark.

“YB ( Pua) , your ignorance of the issue is understandable but I must say your daily ritual to please your boss Lim Guan Eng is legendary,” said Rahman in his tweet.

Recently, Rahman had defended Ibrahim’s calls last year to burn Malay-language Bibles that contained the word “Allah’ in it.

Rahman said that Ibrahim made the statement just to correct the error of printing of the said Bibles.

“Burning them is the proper thing to do, just as Muslims burn copies of the Quran that have misprints in it,” said the Kota Belud MP.

Earlier today, Pua also defended Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng’s move to offer houses to Kampung Buah Pala residents.

However, Rahman said the state government made the offer only after public pressure, to which Pua replied: “That is rich coming from someone who tried to justify Bible-burning.”

At this juncture, Rahman launched a broadside against the Petaling Jaya Utara MP, saying the latter was ignorant of the whole matter.

“Your twisted mind implies that I asked Muslims go look for bibles and burn them indiscriminately. Wow, can you go any lower?” asked the Umno leader.

‘Even Muslim burn the Quran’

But Pua defended his argument and accused Rahman of trying to justify the Bible-burning calls by calling others racist.

The DAP MP even challenged Rahman to tell his constituents that Bibles with alleged “printing error” should be be burnt.

Rahman told Pua that even Muslims burn the al-Quran under special circumstances.

“What does one do if he finds a holy book containing misprints? Throw it in the garbage bin where it will end up in dumpsite?

“Or do you perform dignified ritual of burning of it in private and spread the ashes into the sea?

“Burning of holy books in private shows respect and dignity because some of the pages may contain holy verses,” he said.

Pua then queried Rahman if the Bibles in Kota Belud are misprinted,would he then call on his voters to burn them all. Rahman replied: “Enough with your moronic innuendoes!