Look at this scumbag that making one hell of stupid statement!:angry_smile: :angry_smile: :angry_smile: :angry_smile: :angry_smile: :angry_smile:
Here is the link from The Star:
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/10/11/nation/15678321&sec=nation
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Nation
Wednesday October 11, 2006
E-mail from Takaful man ‘not fatwa’
PETALING JAYA: An e-mail from Takaful Malaysia’s Syariah department head Fauzi Mustaffar forbidding Muslims to wish Hindu friends Happy Deepavali is a narrow interpretation of Islam, says Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Abdullah Md Zin.
“It’s his personal view. He has no authority to say Muslims shouldn’t wish Hindus because that is like a fatwa (edict). And fatwas can only come from the National Fatwa Council and Jakim,” he said.
“Just because you wish someone Happy Deepavali does not mean that you have embraced his beliefs and religion. It is not syirik (practising polytheism). In a multi-religious and multi-racial country like ours, it is important to live in harmony and be nice to one another,” he added.
The reason cited in the e-mail was that Deepavali was a religious festival where Hindu deities were worshipped and thus wishing Hindus was like syirik to Muslims.
“So Muslims who have inadvertently wished Hindus a Happy Deepavali, Happy Durga Pooja or Happy Lakshmi Pooja must immediately repent and not repeat it in the future,” Fauzi said in his e-mail to office staff.
When contacted for his comments, Fauzi said the e-mail was in response to enquiries from employees and was only meant for internal circulation.
Here is the link from The Star:
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/10/11/nation/15678321&sec=nation
N E W S
Nation
Wednesday October 11, 2006
E-mail from Takaful man ‘not fatwa’
PETALING JAYA: An e-mail from Takaful Malaysia’s Syariah department head Fauzi Mustaffar forbidding Muslims to wish Hindu friends Happy Deepavali is a narrow interpretation of Islam, says Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Abdullah Md Zin.
“It’s his personal view. He has no authority to say Muslims shouldn’t wish Hindus because that is like a fatwa (edict). And fatwas can only come from the National Fatwa Council and Jakim,” he said.
“Just because you wish someone Happy Deepavali does not mean that you have embraced his beliefs and religion. It is not syirik (practising polytheism). In a multi-religious and multi-racial country like ours, it is important to live in harmony and be nice to one another,” he added.
The reason cited in the e-mail was that Deepavali was a religious festival where Hindu deities were worshipped and thus wishing Hindus was like syirik to Muslims.
“So Muslims who have inadvertently wished Hindus a Happy Deepavali, Happy Durga Pooja or Happy Lakshmi Pooja must immediately repent and not repeat it in the future,” Fauzi said in his e-mail to office staff.
When contacted for his comments, Fauzi said the e-mail was in response to enquiries from employees and was only meant for internal circulation.
