Former minister Rais Yatim (photo, above) has backed calls for controversial preacher Zakir Naik to be deported to India.
Rais said this is after Zakir, an Indian national, stirred up controversies in Malaysia.
"Before Zakir Naik stayed here, we were living in harmony. Now he has unsettled the Hindus with his comments belittling them.
"Zakir is playing the role of an instigator. It is best that he is returned to India," he said.
Rais said, Malaysia keeping Zakir, who is wanted by Indian authorities on money laundering charges, was creating a diplomatic issue.
"Because of him, the Malaysia-India relation is cold. We have a lot more work to do," he said.
Sebelum Zakir Naik menetap di sini kita harmonis. Kini kaum Hindu pula dikacaunya dgn komen2 memperkecilkan mereka. Zakir sedang berperanan bahaya batuapi. Amat baik dia dipulangkan saja ke India. Kerana dia, hubungan Msia-India juga muram. Kita ada banyak kerja lain lagi.
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Zakir, in a speech last week, had suggested that Hindu Malaysians were more supportiveof Indian Prime Minister Naderan Modi than Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Explaining his comment today, Zakir claimed his speech was taken out of context.
On the khat issue, which has turned racial, Rais urged DAP leaders to rein in Dong Zong which had branded the policy as a form of "Islamisation", Mahathir to call the Chinese educationist group "racist".
"The vocalness of Dong Zong and its allies is due to them knowing that there the need to be courteous is no longer there.
"Malays are in disorder and politically divided. Now, (DAP supremo) Lim Kit Siang and his colleagues must brainwash them," he said.
Kelantangan Dong Zong dn rakan2nya disebabkan mereka tahu semua pagar utk berdifat silu segan dah tak ada. Org Melayu pulak dah dlm keadaan simpang-perenang dlm perpecahan politik. Kerja mencuci kepala mereka mesti dibuat kini oleh Kit Siang dn rakan2.
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The government had planned to implement Jawi khat lessons in the Standard 4 Bahasa Malaysia textbook.
The Education Ministry had since reduced the planned six pages of lessons to three and made learning optional, but unhappiness in the non-Malay community has persisted. - Mkini
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