Sisters in Islam and Prophet Muhammad’s last sermon
Is SIS misguided or are they trying to mislead Malaysians about what Prophet Muhamad intended, which is the Muslim ummah in a Muslim state or Muslim administration under a Muslim system of government with Shariah laws as the laws of the land?
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Raja Petra Kamarudin
Sisters in Islam (SIS) talks about Prophet Muhammad’s last sermon (read the FMT news below) but appears to give us only one side of the story.
First of all, that story which SIS related comes from the Hadith, not the Qur’an, and a great number of Pakatan Harapan people DO NOT believe in the Hadith. So why is SIS talking about something from the Hadith when they do not believe in the Hadith? That is like Muslims quoting from the Bible while at the same time not believing that the Bible is God’s word.
Secondly, the ‘we are all equal before the eyes of God’ refers to the ummah or Muslim community of different races. Kafirs in a Muslim country DO NOT share equal status with Muslims. For example, while Muslims pay fitrah and zakat, non- Muslims pay jizya or jizyah.
Historically, the jizya tax has been understood in Islam as a fee for protection provided by the Muslim ruler to non-Muslims, for the exemption from military service for non-Muslims, for the permission to practice a non-Muslim faith with some communal autonomy in a Muslim state, and as material proof of the non-Muslims’ submission to the Muslim state and its laws.
Thirdly, the Prophet imposed the Shariah on all citizens of the state, non-Muslims included. If SIS wants Malays or Muslims to ‘follow what the Prophet does and says’, then the Shariah and not English common law or Christian laws should be the laws of Malaysia.
Is SIS misguided or are they trying to mislead Malaysians about what Prophet Muhamad intended, which is the Muslim ummah in a Muslim state or Muslim administration under a Muslim system of government with Shariah laws as the laws of the land?
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Prophet was against racial bigotry, SIS reminds UN treaty opponents
Sisters in Islam says the fact that most of the Muslim-majority countries, including OIC countries, have ratified the ICERD clearly showed the convention does not contradict or threaten Islam’s sovereignty.
(FMT) – An NGO today reminded Muslims that Prophet Muhammad’s last sermon emphasised that Islam is against any sort of racial bigotry.
As such, Sisters in Islam (SIS) said Muslims should support the ratification of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) by Malaysia early next year.
In a statement, SIS noted that Prophet Muhammad had said that an Arab had no superiority over a non-Arab and vice versa, while “a white has no superiority over black nor does a black have any superiority over a white, except by piety and good action”.
“The prophet’s message essentially underscores verses in the Quran which point out that all human beings as creatures with dignity and are intentionally created of various colours.”
SIS went on to say that the fact that most of the Muslim-majority countries, including OIC countries, have ratified the ICERD clearly showed the convention does not contradict or threaten Islam’s sovereignty.
In fact, it argued, Article 11 (A) of the OIC Charter 1972 clearly identifies its primary institutional objective as “to eliminate racial segregation and discrimination”.
“In ratifying the ICERD, Malaysia will not only show its commitment to a harmoniously diverse community but also celebrate the fact that Islam is the official religion of this country and Islam is against racism.”
Yesterday, PAS said it would organise a rally to protest Putrajaya’s plan to ratify the ICERD on grounds that the convention posed various threats, including to the Federal Constitution.
The Islamist party’s information chief Nasrudin Hassan said the ratification would lead to apostasy and affect the special privileges of the Malays.
However, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department P Waythamoorthy said the ratification of the ICERD would not affect Article 153 of the Federal Constitution.
Article 153, which gives preference to the Bumiputeras, is said to go against Article 2.2 of the ICERD, which states any measure taken for the development or protection of a particular racial group, as in the current practice for the Bumiputeras, shall cease after due course.
The minister, who is in charge of national unity and social wellbeing, explained that it was meant to “make our human rights record respected by the world”.
“The Pakatan Harapan government is committed to safeguarding all provisions contained in the Federal Constitution. Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has assured that Pakatan Harapan will defend the Bumiputera agenda and protect the Malay rights as enshrined in the Federal Constitution,” he said.
