‘Remove anti-Christian billboards’

ARCHIVES 2013

By admin-s On May 1, 2013

(FMT) – A Christian organisation wants the EC to remove such billboards and the authorities to investigate those responsible for erecting them.

Billboards containing anti-Christian messages have been appearing in election campaigns – and this is making a Christian organisation jittery.

The Christian Federation of Malaysia (CFM) wants the Election Commission (EC) to remove these billboards which CFM fears may pose a danger to Christians.

“We strongly urge the EC to immediately remove such billboards and materials and the authorities to investigate and charge the person or persons responsible,” CFM chairman Reverend Eu Hong Seng said in a statement today.

The billboards bear the message “Do you want to see your grandchildren praying in this Allah’s house?”, with two pictures of churches with the cross and the words “Gereja Allah”.

“These billboards may pose a danger to Christians and churches because we use the word ‘Allah’. These fears are real given the recent history of Church burnings and threats to burn the Bible in Bahasa Malaysia,” said Eu.

“The message pits one community [Muslims] against Christians by spreading fear through scare tactics using the issue of ‘Allah’.

“It is extremely mischievous and malicious to pit Muslims against Christians who have always enjoyed good relationships, to gain political points with such blatant misinformation,” he said.

Eu also urged all Malaysians to denounce such billboards.