What about the other deviants, heretics, and infidels?

Okay, PAS wants to weed out the Syiah followers from the party. What about the Christian, Hindu and Buddhist followers? Are we also going to weed them out as well? And why not? If the Syiah are bad because they are not real Muslims then the Christians, Hindus and Buddhists are worse because they are not even Muslims in the first place.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

PAS vows to weed out Syiah followers from party

(The Star) - PAS has given its commitment to weed out Syiah followers from the party.

A resolution moved on the issue by Teluk Intan PAS was passed without debate, along with six others, at the end of the 59th PAS Muktamar at Stadium Melawati here yesterday.

Syiah followers, who emerged after the demise of Prophet Muhammad, claim they are Muslims but Malaysian Islamic authorities outlawed their teachings as they allegedly preach a completely independent system of religious interpretation from mainstream Islam.

The National Fatwa Council declared the Syiah teachings as illegal in 1984 and 1997 while Article 3 of the Federal Constitution, which states Islam is the federal religion, recognises only the Ahli Sunnah WalJamaah teachings.

The party also accepted the call from its ulama wing to create a mechanism for administrative coordination in states ruled by Pakatan Rakyat.

Ulama had also proposed that the Syura Council and the central committee carry out studies to ascertain the strength and weaknesses of the tahaaluf siasi (political collaboration) with Pakatan Rakyat.

Also accepted was a resolution by Kuala Kangsar PAS for the party to be firm in matters related to the party principles and policies with regards to tahaaluf siasi with the Pakatan partners.

Marang PAS wants the Education Ministry to review the school-based assessment system, alleging it had adversely affected the teaching and learning process.

Meanwhile, the assembly endorsed a resolution to implement Islamic Syariah laws, including the hudud and qisas penalties in a bid to tackle criminal activities.

Dewan Ulama delegate Kamaru­zaman Yusof, who tabled the resolution, said the Government should allow amendments to the Federal constitution to include Islamic penal laws.

The Muktamar also accepted a resolution seeking to hold massive street protests against the Goods and Services Tax and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.

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This was what they used to do in Christendom for almost 2,000 years. They weeded out the Christian deviants, heretics, and infidels. Thousands upon thousands were put to death. Churches were burned. Priests were hanged. Witches, warlocks and devil worshippers were drowned. And the followers of the ‘wrong’ sect of Christianity were put to the sword.

Basically, one man or a small handful of men decided what was right and what was wrong and all those perceived wrongdoers were exterminated like rats and cockroaches.

And that, incidentally, was called the dark ages. Hence if Muslims continue down this same dark-ages path of Christendom what would you call it if not also the dark ages? And should we get offended if non-Muslims were to say that Islam is a religion from the dark ages? I know I would be offended but then can we really expect differently when we are the ones giving cause for the non-Muslims to, as we say, insult Islam?

Okay, how did the church determine who these witches and warlocks were -- basically the devil worshippers? Simple, if they were ‘different’ or too clever/smart or objected/talked too much, then they were devil worshippers, the anti-Christ, witches/warlocks, and whatnot. Then they would be rounded up and killed.

Now PAS wants to weed out the followers of the Syiah sect or movement. First of all, how would you know who is a follower of the Syiah? If I were to say that I believe Ali should have been the first and not the fourth successor (Caliph) to the Prophet would that make me a Syiah?

In fact, I do not believe in the Syiah movement. So how can I be a follower of a movement I do not believe in? But that does not mean I also do not believe that Ali should have been the first and not the fourth Caliph. And my belief is not based on theology, doctrine or dogma but on historical events. So how can I be a follower of the Syiah when my belief regarding Ali has nothing to do with religious doctrine but is about historical events?

Okay, let us say that we want to get rid of the Syiah. What is the reason we want to do that? Are the Syiah Muslims or not? And if they are not Muslims how come they are allowed into Mekah to pray in front of the Kabah when non-Muslims (kafir or infidels) are forbidden from entering Mekah?

And many Malays make the pilgrimage to Mekah and pray side-by-side with Iranians, who most likely are Syiah. Is this the right thing to do? Would Malays pray side-by-side with Jews, Christians, Hindus or Buddhists? And if you would not pray side-by-side with Jews, Christians, Hindus and Buddhists why do you pray beside someone who is a Syiah if the Syiah are not Muslims?

I fail to see the logic in this. This is like Lib Dem saying that it wants to weed out all the Catholics in the party because Catholics are deviants and not Christians and are followers of the devil -- meaning the Pope in Rome (which was what the Pope used to be called a few hundred years ago).

Okay, PAS wants to weed out the Syiah followers from the party. What about the Christian, Hindu and Buddhist followers? Are we also going to weed them out as well? And why not? If the Syiah are bad because they are not real Muslims then the Christians, Hindus and Buddhists are worse because they are not even Muslims in the first place.

And then, after we get rid of the Syiah Muslims, who do we get rid of next? The Wahhabis, Kharijis, Alawis, Druze, Ismailis, Sufis, Ahmadiyyahs, Naqshbandis, and the numerous other ‘non-Muslim’ Muslims?