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30 September 2016

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Padang Serai PAS chief Shaharuddin Ibrahim: Ugly remarks about a respected and respectable woman of substance

…Padang Serai PAS chief Shaharuddin Ibrahim in a sermon said opposition leader Wan Azizah Wan Ismail will have to be buried in a non-Muslim cemetery if she did not support the amendment to the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965, or Act 355.
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In a video uploaded on Tuesday, Shaharuddin said Wan Azizah must support the Act 355 amendment when it comes to a vote in Parliament.

“If Kak Wan (Wan Azizah) does not raise her hand (in support), it could erode her faith.

“If she does not raise her hand and it is fated that she dies, we bury in a Chinese cemetery (Jirat),” he said.

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malaysiakini.com ‏@malaysiakini 11m11 minutes ago

Mufti raps infidel label after ‘bury Azizah in Chinese cemetery’ jab

Penang mufti Wan Salim Wan Mohd Noor has criticised the act of labelling fellow Muslims who disagree with PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang’s private member’s bill as infidels.

This was after Padang Serai PAS chief Shaharuddin Ibrahim in a sermon said opposition leader Wan Azizah Wan Ismail will have to be buried in a non-Muslim cemetery if she did not support the amendment to the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965, or Act 355.

“I am saddened there are certain religious leaders in the country who conveniently label other Muslims as infidels simply because of disagreements over the private member’s bill to strengthen the Syariah courts,” said Wan Salim in a statement today.

In the statement, disseminated by Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (Abim), Wan Salim said while the matter was important, the proposed amendment has yet to be finalised and will only be tabled in Parliament by Abdul Hadi, who is also Marang MP, in October.

He said the legislature should be allowed to discuss the matter and formulate a law that is just to all citizens.

“We should not force any MP to accept the Act 355 amendment bill by all means including threats and supposedly their faith would be affected.

“It is compulsory for Muslims to accept Allah’s laws which are sacred but the Act 355 amendment bill is not Allah’s law.

“It may have weaknesses that needs to be improved before it becomes law,” he added.
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Shaharuddin’s remarks also drew flak from Subang DAP Youth political education bureau director Farhan Hazir Mohamed.

Farhan pointed out that labelling a fellow Muslim as an infidel is an offence under Section 24 of the Kedah Syariah Criminal Procedure Enactment 1988.

“It is ironic that PAS, which wants to strengthen the Syariah courts, is committing a Syariah criminal offence by labelling others as infidels,” he said.

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