Ibrahim and his Perkasa right wing group want the Bahasa Malaysia bible to be banned to punish 'ungrateful' Christians. - The Malaysian Insider file pic, October 19, 2013.Putrajaya should take action against politicians like Datuk Ibrahim Ali, said DAP national vice-chair Teresa Kok, following the latest call by the Perkasa chief to ban the Bahasa Malaysia bible.
Saying Malaysians are no longer shocked by Ibrahim’s remarks on the Allah issue, Kok questioned what Putrajaya plans to do with politicians issuing hate comments in public.
“It is no surprise that there exist extremists and hate politicians in any country. But the question is how does the government deal with such people,” she said in a statement today.
Kok said “a government that is afraid and unable to deal with hate politicians is not worthy of support”, taking a tweet off former minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim’s social media page,
Ibrahim had openly called for the ban on Alkitab, the Malay translation of the bible, saying Christians were ungrateful toward the Muslims’ magnanimity.
“We have been compromising, we have given them leeway. They wanted the Malay Bible, we allowed them to have it... they were still not satisfied,” he told a Perkasa conference in Shah Alam two days ago.
“It is better that we urge the government and the Prime Minister to rescind its decision to allow Malay bibles in Malaysia!,” the former parliamentarian was quoted as saying by Free Malaysia Today.
The issue over the use of the word Allah spiraled after the Court of Appeal ruled that Catholic paper Herald is not allowed to use the word Allah, arguing that the word is exclusive to Muslims. Ibrahim and several ministers had lauded the decision, while Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had not commented on the issue.
Kok urged Najib to break his silence on the Court of Appeal's decision.
"He must also show the government’s preparedness and ability to deal with hate politicians,” she added.
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