Selangor Umno chief Noh Omar has challenged PKR to take action against the latter’s vice president Darell Leiking for allegedly insulting the state’s religious institutions, and by extension the Selangor ruler as well.
Noh equated Leiking’s statement questioning a Friday sermon in Selangor to questioning the Selangor sultan, pointing out that the ruler is in charge of Islamic matters in the state.
“I want to challenge PKR, the menteri besar (Azmin Ali), and the PKR president (Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail) who is also an assemblyperson in the state […]
“He (Leiking) has insulted the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais), which is the same as insulting the sultan, because Jais and the Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) are both under the sultan.
"The sultan is the head of religion in Selangor, so for me, questioning the religion, the sermon, is the same as questioning the sultan.
“If Azmin and Wan Azizah have the dignity to defend Islamic religious institutions, we are waiting to see what action they would take against the PKR vice president.
“If not, I take it that PKR does not respect the sanctity of Islam in Selangor as well,” he told reporters in Shah Alam today during Selangor Umno’s Hari Raya open house.
Yesterday, Jais lodged a report against Leiking, who is Penampang MP, according to Sinar Harian.
Jais director Haris Kassim was reported urging the authorities to investigate Leiking for commenting on the Hari Raya sermon that praised PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang's hudud bill.
[More to follow]
--Mkini
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