By
Simon Peter
KUCHING,
May 8, 2014: Sarawak PKR chief Baru Bian has accused Prime Minister Najib Razak
and his Cabinet colleagues as being completely dumb silent on a
Christian-bashing seminar held at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) in Shah Alam
two days ago.
"For
this reason the religious and racial extremists are emboldened in their schemes
each day passes by," he said.
"If
indeed Najib is a prime minister for all as he claimed to be, then he should
act like one in the midst of such unprecedented attacks on the non-Muslims in
this country.
"I
wonder what would be the consequence if these incidences and reporting were
carried out by the non-Muslims against the Muslims - only God knows.
"It
appears we are going down the slippery road of self-destruction. God forbids!"
Baru, who is also Ba'Kelalan state assemblyman, stressed.
He
said he is appalled and overwhelmed with indignant on reading the reports on
the “SEMINAR KALIMAH ALLAH DAN KRISTOLOGI NUSANTARA” organised by UiTM on May 6
at Dewan Agong Tuanku Canselor UiTM, Shah Alam with the blessing of the Vice
Chancellor.
"This
is a blatant attack on Christianity and the Christians in this country without
the benefit of rebuttal from any Christian theologians.
"This
is a clear breach of the provisions of the Penal Code and the Sedition Act.
"From
the programme made available to me, and the various reports on the
presentations by various panels, it was undoubtedly a calculated and blatant
bashing of the Christian religion without the slightest respect for the
Christian faith and the Christians in this country.
"They
publicly ridiculed the Christian faith to high heaven without any concern of
the consequence of their acts.
"This
was a public forum where non-Muslims students were forced to attend. I was told
that 12 students from Sabah were converted after the programme.
"This
forum had definitely caused ill feelings, strife and hatred amongst the
students and the public at large.
"I
was informed of a Christian student who cried throughout the programme upon
hearing how the speakers belittled and criticized her faith and religion.
"UiTM
is my alma mater and I am deeply
ashamed that my said alma mater had
been used for such a heinous act against my own religion.
"UiTM
you have brought many of us (alumnus of
UiTM) to public ridicule and shame," he said, demanding the police and the
Government to carry out a thorough investigation and that the Vice Chancellor
be shacked immediately so that such incident would not be repeated in any of
the Colleges and Universities in the future.
He
stressed that institutions of higher learning cannot and should not be abused
and made used of by such racist and religious bigots knowing that public moneys
including the from Christians used to fund
these institutions.
"I
believe that this incident is part and parcel of a bigger ploy by the racial
and religious extremists walking hand-in-gloves with certain political groups
to destabilise this country to achieve their own religious and political
agendas.
:This
is evidenced from the following headlines to date:
1. Isma: Chinese
migration into Tanah Melayu ‘a mistake” which must be rectified (Malay Mail Online)
2. Chinese are
intruders who bully Malays, says Isma (Malaysiakini)
3. Chinese brought to
Tanah Melayu are ‘trespassers’, says Muslim group (The Malaysian Insider)
4. If Christians
continue to grow, they will outnumber us by 2100, says Muslim group (The Malaysian Insider)
5. Undercover
Christian priests here as football coaches, Muslim NGOs tell forum (The Malaysian Insider)
6. Books warning
Muslims about ‘Christian agenda’ distributed at Allah forum in university (The Malaysian Insider)
7. Gospels are ‘fake’
as Jesus was ‘human slave to Allah’, don claims (Malay Mail Online)
8. NGO warns of
Christian Malays posting as Muslims (Malaysiakini)
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