Keganasan Di Perlis !!

 

Perlis is the smallest state in the country. The population is about the size of Seputeh and Brickfields (or smaller than that). 

But every two or three years Perlis has been making big news, far larger than its size. Often the big news is not good news. 

1. In 2016 we had the case of Amri Che Mat being kidnapped and made to disappear in Perlis. This abduction became a huge controversy and also became the subject of a SUHAKAM public inquiry. This case is still unsolved and Amri Che Mat has not been found until today. These people must understand that as long as Amri Che Mat is not found this case will be current. It just requires the right political conditions to reopen and solve this case - maybe in just 24 hours. Because ALL the people who were involved in Amri's abduction are still around. They all know exactly what happened.

The public is also quite aware that Amri was a Shia and he was totally disliked by the Salafi/Wahabi fraternity in Perlis.

2. Then in 2018 the Police arrested a number of foreign terrorists who were living in Perlis:

"Early investigations by police and shared intelligence from foreign agencies revealed that the centre's foreign teachers and students are linked to a madrasah in Dammaj, Yemen, founded by Syeikh Muqbil bin Hadi Al Wadi'i, a Salafi Jihadism leader and an extremist.  The madrasah follows Salafi Jihadism teachings that allow the killing of non-Muslims and Muslims who do not prescribe to their philosophy. They also label the democratic system as un-Islamic. - Straits Times Singapore"

Again this became a huge controversy especially after it caused very public exchanges between the Police and the local religious fraternity about those foreign  terrorists.

3. Today there is more news from Perlis, this time involving violence against a woman. 

• Preacher charged with hurting, threatening woman
  
• charged in court in Kangar with hurting, threatening to murder woman
• first charge accused of voluntarily causing hurt to 38-year-old woman
• If convicted, could be jailed one year, fined up to RM2,000 or both.
• second charge, accused of threatening to murder the same woman
• If convicted, can be imprisoned for up to seven years or fined or both

Again violent behaviour is involved and again a preacher is involved. And again the preacher is a well known figure among the same Salafi/Wahabi fraternity in Perlis.

These three events above may not have a direct link but certainly some of the parties involved (in at least two of the cases) do seem to share a common yet minority (or rare for Malaysia) religious indoctrination.   

Of course you can argue whether their religious ideas cause violence but in the cases above the violence did involve people with the same indoctrination. 

So how? Co-incidence?

Maybe there will be more cases to prove the point.

As I said something does not seem to be right in Perlis. 

The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.