Case Study: Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (JAIS) raid on Bible Society of Malaysia (BSM) (Series 2)

Response from various parties:

2 January 2014	1.    DAP Tony Pua condemn JAIS as fanatic and it was an error, he point his finger to federal government that it was a trouble lashed out by federal government, it need to be solve by them. 2.    The Herald editor Father Lawrence Andrew said The Herald would continue to use Allah.
4 January 2014	1.    Klang Muslim Solidarity Secretariat warned The Herald editor Father Lawrence Andrew to apologise otherwise they would conduct a rally outside his church, Church Of Our Lady Of Lourdes. 2.    PAS Ulama chief Harun Taib said those who insist to use Allah word should convert to muslim. 3.    MCA Religions Harmony bureau chairman Dato’ Ti Lian Ker said JAIS never informed Selangor government on the raid was ridiculous.
5 January 2014	1.    Noh Omar prohibited UMNO member to join the rally outside the church, but they were allowed to conduct the rally on an empty field or outside Father Lawrence Andrew’s house. 2.    UMNO Kapar Division Deputy Chairman Datuk Saroni Judi appeared in the rally on that day. 3.    Marina Mahathir, member of Sister in Islam (SIS) presented flowers to the public who came to Church Of Our Lady Of Lourdes on that day.
6 January 2014	1.    The National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC) today described the raid on the Bible Society of Malaysia (BSM) by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department last week, as a blatant disregard of Putrajaya’s 10-point solution.
8 January 2014	1.    Dato’ Ti Lian Ker told the National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC) should have asked the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) to return the bibles. 2.    Ti said the bureau welcomed the criticism by the NUCC against the Jais raid and the call for all parties to abide by the Government’s 10-point solution.

PR’s leaders reaction on DAP ADUN’s proposal. 

3 January 2014	1.    Yeo Bee Yin, ADUN Damansara Utama, Rajiv Rishyakaran ADUN Bukit Gasing and Lau Weng San ADUN KampungTunku proposed to Selangor government to amend Selangor Non-Islamic Religions Enactment 1988. 2.    They would propose to amend the Subsection 9 of Non-Islamic Religions Control of Propagation among Muslims (Selangor) Enactment 1988 in the next state assembly sitting. 3.    They said JAIS reckless action served as a wakeup call for us to seek a review of *subsection 9 of Non-Islamic Religions Control of Propagation among Muslims (Selangor) Enactment 1988, which stated that “a person commits an offence if he uses the word “Allah” or 34 other Arabic words to express any fact, belief or pertaining to any non-Islamic religion.” 4.    Not only that, DAP would protect muslims from “murtad” means betray Islam, and at the same time ensure the right of non-muslims was safeguarded.
6 January 2014	1.    Anwar said he was disagreed with the 3 DAP ADUN’s suggestion because there was no need to be too hasty, on the other hand he wanted MAIS to solve the problem and Majlis Agama Islam Selangor (MAIS) should not make Christian angry. 2.    PAS Vice President Datuk Mahfuz Omar expressed PAS was fully agreed with Anwar and blamed that MAIS was too rush in making decision. 3.    Yeo Bee Yin insist on her stand and said it was a collective decision and she said she respect all other view on this issues.
7 January 2014	1.    Anthony Loke, Seremban DAP MP said 3 ADUN want to amendment the enactment was merely suggestion and he said DAP CEC had not discuss on this issues.