The Herald Malaysia Online reports that the Government of Malaysia through the Ministry of Home Affairs have seized a total of 15,000 copies of the Malay-language Bible, known as Alkitab.
This is a very saddening development and is a big blow to Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's 1Malaysia slogan. Slogans will remain slogans if they are not fulfilled. The Malay language Bible is in great demand especially in Sabah and Sarawak where there is a great number of Malay-speaking Christians.
Also it must not be forgotten that the level of English proficiency among non-Malays in Malaya too have dropped since many of them have been attending Malay-medium national schools. Therefore the Malay-language Bible is not only in demand in Sabah and Sarawak but in Malaya too. The growing number of Sabahan and Sarawakian Christians working and studying in Malaya too have increased the demand for the Alkitab there.
We would like to see what Christian leaders in Sabah namely Datuk Seri Joseph Pairin Kitingan and Tan Sri Bernard Dompok have to say about this. It seems that many Christians leaders nowadays fear their political masters more than they fear God!
Read more at:
www.heraldmalaysia.com/news/storydetails.php/Fifteen-thousand-Bibles-detained/2974-2-1
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Language has no limits... only narrow minded arrogant people has this kind of limits!!
Just like the Japanese language contents very rude remark about the word "cincin" & "manguk", but these are normal words in Malay...
The China's Shanghai dialect refer "I/me" as "ala", is that haram?!
Wonder the Japanese gov should ban the use of Bahasa M'sia? and Shanghai language should ban in Muslim countries??? Don't forget, some Chinese Shanghai are Muslims as well... therefore, M'sia gov has no rights to stop anyone to use the word "Allah" to refer other subjects. Unless they wants to shut its people from the outside world (something like the "iron curtain policy" in the old Russia&China communist society)!!!
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