An Umno Youth division in Kelantan has filed a police report over the discovery of Christian material among aid given to flood victims in Kelantan. – The Malaysian Insider pic, February 6, 2015.An Umno Youth division in Kelantan has lodged a police report over the discovery of Christian material found among aid given to flood victims from Kampung Slow Machang in the east coast state, Utusan Malaysia has reported.
The Pasir Mas Umno Youth said the material, consisting of two books with comics in Bahasa Malaysia, were included in bags of aid given to the villagers.
Its chief Noor Azmawi Abd Rahman said the group lodged a police report over the matter to enable authorities to investigate the distribution of the material to villagers.
"I, along with other local non-governmental organisations (NGO), made reports at the Pasir Mas district police headquarters about two books.
"On that matter, I urge the police to carry out thorough investigations and find the real culprit.
"Not only that, we also want to know the real reason behind the distribution of the Christian books to Muslims," he was quoted as saying by Utusan Malaysia.
The Umno-owned daily today reported that the villagers of Kampung Slow Machang were shocked upon finding the books distributed together with the aid, which was believed to have been given by an NGO last month.
"Both Malay-language books are in comic form and are titled 'Isa Al-Masih Kalimatullah' and 'Kisah Tentang Yesus Kristus'."
The daily said both books were discovered by the Federal Village Security and Development Committees (JKKKP) chairman Suhaimi Mustafa after he opened the plastic bag containing the aid, which included food and basic goods.
The reports were also lodged by the Pasir Mas parliamentary sports and recreation club, Pasir Mas Youth Council, Pasir Mas 4B Youth Movement and the JKKKP of the area.
A villager Abdul Hamid Awang was reported as saying that the books were accepted, along with other aid, from an NGO that is believed to be from Sabah.
"This should not have happened and the party involved should care for the sensitivities and respect the religion of the people they want to help," he was quoted as saying.
This incident comes even as Muslim-Christian ties in the country continue to be strained over fears of the latter attempting to proselytise Muslims.
The Federal Court had recently upheld a previous judgement that Catholic weekly Herald not be allowed to use the word 'Allah', an Arabic term for 'God', for fear that it could confuse Muslims.
A Catholic priest was also detained last December for having in his possession Malay-language hymnal books that had the word 'Allah' on its cover. Authorities also seized some 31 copies of the song book.
The books were returned two weeks later after Father Cyril Mannayagam insisted that the books were meant for his Orang Asli parishioners in Bekok, Johor.
- TMI
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