Group accuses school of trying to spread Christianity to Muslims

Zaim Ibrahim Zaim Ibrahim Updated 4 years ago · Published on 28 Sep 2019 8:21PM · 12 Comments

Members of a Malay pressure group leave the police station after filing a report about an awards ceremony at a missionary school in George Town. – Facebook pic, September 28, 2019.

A MUSLIM group today accused a missionary school in George Town of attempting to spread religious doctrine to Muslims by reciting a Christian prayer during a recent event.

Azmi Jaafar, 44, the spokesperson for Muslim groups in Penang, said the incident runs counter to the federal constitution, which recognises Islam as the nation’s official religion.

He said recital of prayer of another religion during a government event is an offence.

“Prayer is when we ask for something and for Muslims, we seek from Allah and we mention the Prophet Muhammad.

“In this particular event, they were trying to spread Christianity and the church representative mentioned Jesus Christ, while reciting the prayer.

“This is an attempt to spread Christian sermons through the prayer,” he said in a press conference in Butterworth, Penang.

He said he has enough evidence to show that the Christian prayer was recited.

“There were five people in the event, including myself, and I heard the prayer being recited. I have given the recording of the video to the police for investigation,” he said.

He also urged Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mujahid Yusof Rawa to look into the issue and take appropriate action, given that it involves religion.

The Malaysian Insight reported yesterday that a political activist had lodged a police report against the school’s administration over the incident, which took place during an awards ceremony at 8.30am. The report was lodged at 11.30am.

The Malaysian Insight understands that the Northeast District Education Department had a meeting with the headmaster, school administration and the school’s board about the issue.

The department is also expected to have a meeting with the Malay pressure group that raised the issue.

According to Article 11(4) of the federal constitution, federal or state laws may be enacted to control or restrict the propagation of any religious doctrine or belief to Muslims.

The Federal Territory, Penang, Sabah and Sarawak are the four states that have yet to enact these laws. – September 28, 2019.

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  • Did he go mad after hearing the Christian Prayer?... I think he did

    Posted 4 years ago by Jeffrey Ng · Reply

  • Hahahahaha Umnopas Umnopas. Tak ada modal lagi ke

    Posted 4 years ago by Penganalisa L · Reply

  • How about the Azan calls made through loudspeakers daily without fail?

    Posted 4 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

    • How many Malaysians get converted?

      Posted 4 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • Senang sahaja. The police / education minister / religious affairs minister should advise this guy and other similar minded bigots and racists to just take their children out of Christian Missionary schools and put them in Sekolah Kebangsaan or Chinese Schools. Total hypocrisy to send children to missionary schools and them hit the schools under the belt by making allegations like this. Or, is it a strategy to put children in missionary schools so as to gain"locus standi" to lodge complaints against them? Giving face to people like this will only create inter-racial discord. In the 1950's and 60's there were so many Malay children in the missionary schools. Not a single complaint, and not a single Muslim child converted to Christianity. Stop this nonsense by just ignoring complaints like this and the police should just NFA the reports.

    Posted 4 years ago by Ravinder Singh · Reply

  • Its a missionary school for goodness sake. Muslim parents have the choice not to send their children there, but please don't deny others of their rights to their prayers. Please send your children to sekolah tahfiz. Why must you be such bullies just because you are Muslims.

    Posted 4 years ago by T E · Reply

  • Should we then lodge police reports about attempted islamization when Muslim prayers are recited at the opening of events in Christian missionary schools? That is being done in convent schools.

    Posted 4 years ago by Leong Hong · Reply

  • Next thing you know, some radical extremist will want church and temple bells to stop ringing in the country.
    Wait a minute. Wasn't that spoken in 2008 by someone who now says that he is the PM-in-waiting?

    Posted 4 years ago by Arul Inthirarajah · Reply

  • Islam is the official religion,nobody denies that,but others are also free to practice their religion.Another non-issue being blown up to create ill- feeling and hatred. Nobody wants to convert the Muslims,why the fuss.Why can't we all pray together as we used to before?

    Posted 4 years ago by Chris Anthony · Reply

  • You do know why this continues to happen, even under Pakatan, don't you?

    When you mollycoddle with Zakir Naik, when you back off ICERD, when you pussyfoot against extremists, you get this. And that is why people are getting fed-up.

    Posted 4 years ago by Rock Hensem · Reply

  • This sensitivity that Muslims can be so easily influenced to change religion is really an insult to most Muslims.

    Posted 4 years ago by CS Lee · Reply

  • Maybe, the mission school should start to review their policy of accepting muslim students?

    Posted 4 years ago by Amigo sabah · Reply