Thursday, October 7, 2010

A CALL TO PROBE ON MALAYSIAN'S CHINESE MUSLIM USTAZ FOR RIDICULING BUDDHISTS

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Buddhist leaders have called on Putrajaya to investigate a popular Chinese Muslim preacher for allegedly ridiculing their religion and Chinese traditional beliefs in a video broadcast over YouTube.
  • The clip has gone viral on local political blogs and appeared to be in response to government criticism last week over a Malay Christian convert who insulted Islam in another YouTube video first posted six years ago but resurfaced recently.
  • Titled “Dialog bekas penganut Buddha”, the nine-minute long video shows a bespectacled man wearing a white skullcap said to be Ann Wan Seng, a Buddhist-turned -Muslim and currently a national council member of the Muslim Welfare Organisation of Malaysia (Perkim), helmed by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
  • Subang Jaya Buddhist Association chief Chim Siew Choon said he was upset when he saw the video on YouTube.
  • “The relevant authorities should stop this. It’s very unhealthy. These sorts of things can cause disharmony,” he said.
Chim said the Buddhist-turned-Muslim had the freedom to comment on his former religion, but deplored the manner in which the latter had ridiculed Buddhism and confused it with traditional Chinese beliefs.
Source: The malaysian Insider..more..

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