Where the fuck is Anwar Ibrahim’s statement?
Anyway, the royal decree in question was issued by His Highness the Sultan of Selangor. And the Monarchs are heads of religion (meaning Islam) in their respective states. And Selangor is a Pakatan Rakyat-run state, not a state run by Umno or Barisan Nasional. So this has just become a Selangor issue (from originally a federal issue) that involves the Pakatan Rakyat state government.
THE CORRIDORS OF POWER
Raja Petra Kamarudin
Article 3 of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia
(1) Islam is the religion of the Federation; but other religions may be practised in peace and harmony in any part of the Federation.
(2) In every State other than States not having a Ruler the position of the Ruler as the Head of the religion of Islam in his State in the manner and to the extent acknowledged and declared by the Constitution, all rights, privileges, prerogatives and powers enjoyed by him as Head of that religion, are unaffected and unimpaired; but in any acts, observance or ceremonies with respect to which the Conference of Rulers has agreed that they should extend to the Federation as a whole each of the other Rulers shall in his capacity of Head of the religion of Islam authorize the Yang di-pertuan Agong to represent him.
(3) The Constitution of the States of Malacca, Penang, Sabah and Sarawak shall each make provision for conferring on the Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall be Head of the religion of Islam in that State.
(4) Nothing in this Article derogates from any other provision of this Constitution.
(5) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution the Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall be the Head of the religion of Islam in the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Labuan; and for this purpose Parliament may by law make provisions for regulating Islamic religious affairs and for constituting a Council to advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in matters relating to the religion of Islam.
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First read and understand Article 3 of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia (above). And if you cannot understand what it says then let me know and I will help explain what it means.
Now read these news items (click the links):
Allah issue: Wee disagrees with sultan
Church leaders steer clear of sultan’s decree
Finally, what is Pakatan Rakyat’s common stand on this matter? Can we hear from Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim regarding Pakatan Rakyat’s common stand? And don’t give me that crap about “get Pakatan Rakyat into power first and after they form the federal government we can fight over this matter later”.
We do not want Pakatan Rakyat to fight over this matter later, once they are already in power. We want to know now, before we decide whether to put them into power, what their common stand is. This is because the three coalition members of Pakatan Rakyat are so divided on this issue it would be dangerous to sweep the matter under the carpet and sort it out later once they get into power.
Pakatan Rakyat will never be able to agree on this matter once they get into power if they cannot agree on it before they get into power. And this matter is so crucial it threatens to tear the country apart if not resolved.
Anyway, the royal decree in question was issued by His Highness the Sultan of Selangor. And the Monarchs are heads of religion (meaning Islam) in their respective states. And Selangor is a Pakatan Rakyat-run state, not a state run by Umno or Barisan Nasional. So this has just become a Selangor issue (from originally a federal issue) that involves the Pakatan Rakyat state government.
MCA disagrees with His Highness the Sultan. And MCA is a coalition member of Barisan Nasional, the ruling party. Does Umno agree with MCA or does Umno agree with His Highness the Sultan? And do DAP, PAS and PKR agree with His Highness the Sultan or agree with MCA?
DAP, PAS and PKR have been sidestepping many sensitive and divisive issues for far too long. PAS is adamant on implementing the Islamic Sharia criminal laws of Hudud. DAP is adamant that it is not going to happen. And PKR is adamant that they will agree to disagree and agree not to talk about the matter in public.
So what about His Highness the Sultan of Selangor’s royal decree regarding the Allah word in the Pakatan Rakyat-run state of Selangor? Are we also agreeing to disagree? And are we agreeing to disagree with His Highness the Sultan or agreeing to disagree with MCA?
Enough of this bullshit! The truth please! And call this the democratic right of the voters to ask this question.
