Sebab Menteri "Open Mouth Insert Foot"

This is from the Malaysian Insider
As anti-Shia campaign hits the pocket, minister seeks PAS’s help to restore Iran ties

BY ZULKIFLI SULONG, FEATURES AND ANALYSIS EDITOR
MARCH 03, 2014

Syed Azman during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on February 21. Syed Azman said a minister had come to him for help to restore Malaysia's ties with Iran. – The Malaysian Insider pic, March 3, 2014.

• aggressive anti-Shia campaign launched by the Malaysian government last year has taken its toll on the country's economy
• government millions of ringgit in losses after a backlash from predominantly Shia Iran, forcing a minister to seek help from PAS to restore ties..
• Dr Syed Azman Ahmad Nawawi, who heads PAS's international bureau, confirmed this, but declined to name the minister.
• "It is true the minister contacted me for help," Syed Azman told The Malaysian Insider.  

• Iran's reaction to the anti-Shia campaign spearheaded by Umno has cost Malaysia dearly.
• "The biggest loser is Petronas whose oil exploration in Iran has been met with hurdles from the Iranian government
• Apart from Petronas, the country's palm oil industry has also suffered, as Iran looks elsewhere for its needs.
• last year, Iran imported 671,384 tons of palm oil, among the biggest importers 

• following anti-Shia campaign by Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Iran moved to block and decrease its palm oil import from Malaysia.
• Umno passed a motion ..branding Shia Islam as deviant and outside the Islamic fold.
• Late last year, Sheikh Jalaluddin Ash-Shoghiran, an Iraqi parliamentarian, said that the Malaysian government was the first in the world to officially declare Shias as being outside Islam.
• "Malaysian companies are happily reaping multiple projects in Iraq and many business opportunities have been specially handed to the Malaysian government.
• "I do not know how the Malaysian government can reach the point of crushing diplomatic relations and defying the faith. Where is the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)? Whether this is an extreme behaviour or not, the heathen actions could lead to murder,” said Jalaluddin in a YouTube video which had gone viral.
• Malaysian government risked jeopardising the country’s image, as well as making the country a target of rights activists accusing it of not practising intra-religious tolerance.
• In 2004, Malaysia signed Amman Message to set aside differences among followers of the many Islamic sects, including Sunni and Shia.
• ".adherent to one of the four Sunni schools, the two Shi'i schools of Islamic jurisprudence, the Ibadi school of Islamic jurisprudence and the Thahiri school of Islamic jurisprudence, is a Muslim," read the declaration, which was also signed by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and Khairy Jamaluddin. – March 3, 2014.

Here is something else :

• February 14, 2014 
• Judge in Malaysia Dismisses Charges Against Three Shia
• By  CELINE FERNANDEZ
• Three Shia let off on technical grounds, easing fears of further prosecution - AP
• judge found wording used in charge sheet defective 
• judge discharged men on Wednesday
• two other Shia arrested last August discharged on similar grounds
• Malaysia’s constitution ..does not differentiate between Sunni and Shiite 
• growing number of legal actions against Shia 
• recent arrests caught attention of Shia Rights Watch in Washington DC 
• appointed Dr. Mohd Faizal Musa as its special rapporteur 
• Dr. Faizal has met Paul Low minister charged with human rights
• Mr. Low acknowledged meeting took place but declined comment 
• Othman Mustapha DG of JAKIM told Bernama spread of Shia worrying
• like cancer that needs to be prevented