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**vulikox** · 06-06-2012, 08:27 AM

Dear brothers, what I am posting here my come as revelation to many about the state of Islam in supposedly one of the world's most 'progressive' muslim countries:

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/m...onstitutional/

What has happened is that no-one is allowed to teach Islam unless they are accredited by the authorities. They can be charged as a criminal under the law. The development is primarily aimed at stopping the primarily Islamic opposition party which has many ulama amongst their members from teaching Islam such that it could result in the ruling party losing the coming election in Malaysia. However, the implications to dakwah activities is far reaching as the authorities can now stop anyone from teaching Islam to anyone else unless they have been accredited by the government authority to do so.

there are many ways to circumvent that colonial law. One of them, is to have the activity done in an open but private location (which is not owned by the state). Surely this only happen in the states that are ruled by the nationalists, as the ulama from the opposition don't have any restriction on da'wa activities, indeed

that da'wa are on the increase especially in Kelantan and Trengganu and other states ruled by the opposition.

Allahu'alam

06-06-2012, 08:27 AM	#2
vulikox Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 638 Senior Member	Dear brothers, what I am posting here my come as revelation to many about the state of Islam in supposedly one of the world's most 'progressive' muslim countries: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/m...onstitutional/ What has happened is that no-one is allowed to teach Islam unless they are accredited by the authorities. They can be charged as a criminal under the law. The development is primarily aimed at stopping the primarily Islamic opposition party which has many ulama amongst their members from teaching Islam such that it could result in the ruling party losing the coming election in Malaysia. However, the implications to dakwah activities is far reaching as the authorities can now stop anyone from teaching Islam to anyone else unless they have been accredited by the government authority to do so. there are many ways to circumvent that colonial law. One of them, is to have the activity done in an open but private location (which is not owned by the state). Surely this only happen in the states that are ruled by the nationalists, as the ulama from the opposition don't have any restriction on da'wa activities, indeed that da'wa are on the increase especially in Kelantan and Trengganu and other states ruled by the opposition. Allahu'alam
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