Feb 20, 08 9:05pm
Pakatan pertubuhan Islam hari ini menyarankan majikan yang menghalang
orang Islam menunaikan tanggungjawab agama seperti memakai tudung dan
bersolat dikenakan tindakan, termasuk membatalkan lesen perniagaan.
Pertubuhan-pertubuhan Pembela Islam (Pembela) dan Jawatankuasa
Penyelaras Gabungan NGO Islam (ACCIN) turut mendesak kedudukan mahkamah
syariah dinaiktaraf sama dengan mahkamah sivil dari segi perjawatan,
penggajian dan kedudukan.
Dalam dokumen tuntutan kepada parti-parti yang bertanding dalam
pilihanraya umum ke-12, dua gabungan besar ini turut mendesak kerajaan
agar tidak melayan cadangan menubuhkan Jabatan Hal-ehwal Bukan Islam
seperti pernah disarankan oleh sekumpulan badan bukan Islam tahun lalu.
Menurut dokumen tuntutan itu, syarikat yang didapati menyalahgunakan
logo halal didesak dikenakan tindakan keras, termasuk disenaraihitamkan
dan pemiliknya dihukum penjara.
Dokumen tersebut, yang kini boleh dilihat di laman web Pembela
(www.myislamnetwork.net), dibacakan oleh presiden Angkatan Belia Islam
Malaysia (Abim) Yusri Mohamad dalam satu sidang media petang tadi.
Tuntutan-tuntutan lain yang meliputi bidang-bidang perundangan,
pendidikan, politik, hubungan kaum dan moral, antaranya:
- Mengenakan tindakan kepada pihak yang mempersendakan Islam secara
lisan, cetak atau melalui media elektronik dan media siber mengikut
peruntukan di bawah Seksyen 298A Kanun Keseksaan.
- Memperluaskan bidang kuasa jenayah dan mal mahkamah syariah melalui
pindaan Akta Bidang Kuasa Jenayah (Mahkamah Syariah) 1984 dan Enakmen
Pentadbiran Agama Islam negeri-negeri.
- Mewujudkan Akta Profesion Guaman Syarie bagi memperkemaskan penyeliaan
peguam-Peguam syarie.
- Memberi kemudahan biasiswa kepada pelajar-pelajar Islam bukan
berketurunan Melayu. Mengawal jumlah penerima biasiswa Jabatan
Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA) bukan Islam agar tidak menjejaskan peluang
pelajar Islam/Melayu.
- Menambah waktu pengajaran Islam di sekolah-sekolah rendah dan menengah
kebangsaan.
- Menubuhkan satu jawatankuasa bersama yang dianggotai wakil-wakil
pertubuhan Islam dan pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT) untuk menapis
permohonan membina rumah ibadat bukan Islam di kawasan majoriti Islam.
- Menolak faham pluralisme agama yang mendakwa bahawa semua agama adalah
sama dari segi kebenarannya sehingga menimbulkan kekeliruan di kalangan
masyarakat berbilang agama.
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/78335
Muslim groups unveil election demands
Chan Kok Leong | Feb 20, 08 8:34pm
Reject the notion that Malaysia is a secular state and no to an
interfaith commission or a Non-Muslim Affairs Department - these are some
of the demands from a coalition of Muslim groups.
The groups under the banner of Pertubuhan-Pertubuhan Pembela Islam
(Pembela) and the Allied Coordinating Committee of Islamic NGOs (ACCIN)
unveiled a list of demands to political parties contesting in the
upcoming general election today.
"This is the first time we are doing this in public," said Angkatan
Belia Islam Malaysia president Yusri Mohamad.
"In the past, we would have closed-door discussions with the political
parties. But this time round, we feel the need to be more visible in
voicing our demands," he added.
During the press conference today, a six-part wish list covering ways to
protect the special position of Islam, Islamic education, governance,
civil society and democracy, inter-ethnic and inter-religious relations
and Islamic faith and morals were put forward by the groups.
Explaining their stand, Yusri said that the list of demands were not
targeted at any particular political party but was aimed at reminding the
contesting parties about the needs of Muslims in the country.
Among the salient points in the list include:
Defending the position of Islam as the religion of the Federation under
Article 3 of the Federal Constitution.
Asserting the role of Islam in the state and reject the notion that
Malaysia is a secular state. This includes the setting-up of a
Inter-Faith Commission or a Non-Muslim Affairs Department.
Enact laws controlling the propagation of non-Muslim religions among the
Muslims in Sabah, Sarawak, Perlis, Penang and Federal Territories as
provided by Article 11(4) of the Federal Constitution.
Defend and assert the position of the syariah courts as provided for under
Article 121(1A) and Ninth Schedule of the Federal Constitution.
Widen the scope of the criminal and civil jurisdiction of the syariah
courts.
Making it an offence (withdrawing the business licence) for companies
which prohibit Muslims from practising their faith at the workplace.
The groups also urged the government to extend scholarships, which are
currently enjoyed by Malay students, to non-Malay Muslim students.
Among the requests submitted, they are also asking for a special
committee comprising representatives of Muslim organisations and local
authorities to deliberate on applications to build non-Muslim houses of
worship in Muslim-majority residential areas.
However, Yusri said that their request should not be treated as a threat
to the government or non-Muslim groups. This list, he said, should only
serve as a reminder to everyone of the needs of Muslim groups.
http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Asia/STIStory208634.html
M'sian Islamic groups demand stronger role for Islam ahead of polls
KUALA LUMPUR - SOME 100 Islamic groups in Malaysia called on Wednesday for
wider powers for Shariah courts and stricter enforcement of religious and
moral doctrines ahead of general elections next month.
In a list of election demands, the groups said the government should
declare Malaysia an Islamic-majority nation and reject any attempt to
make it a secular state.
The demands were made by the Defenders of Islam, a loose coalition of
about 100 mostly conservative Islamic organisations representing
students, professionals and others.
Yusri Mohamad, president of the Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia, which
leads the coalition, said recent racial and religious tensions stemmed
from efforts by certain groups to challenge Islam's role in the
multiracial country.
'We want to remind all Malaysians to preserve and maintain the status
quo. The formula may not be perfect but it has worked reasonably well. It
is acceptable and sustainable, ' he said.
About 60 per cent of Malaysia's 27 million people are ethnic Malay
Muslims. The rest are Christians, Buddhists and Hindus from the Chinese
and Indian communities.
The ruling National Front coalition, which has governed Malaysia since
1957, is led by the United Malays National Organisation, which draws
support from Malay Muslims and espouses a generally moderate form of
Islam.
The government has instituted an affirmative action program for Malay
Muslims which gives them preferential treatment in education, employment
and business.
The Islamic groups' demands follow a campaign by Malaysian churches
urging Christians to choose candidates in the March 8 polls who champion
religious freedom.
There are growing concerns among religious minorities that their rights
are being eroded by a rise in Islamic fervor, which many blame on
overzealous Muslim bureaucrats in Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's
government.
The fears have been fueled by a recent government ban on the word
'Allah' in Malay-language Christian literature, the demolition of Hindu
temples, and court judgments favoring Muslims in disputes with
non-Muslims.
Mr Yusri said the Islamic demands, which will be distributed to all
candidates and political parties, were aimed at highlighting Muslim
needs, not countering the Christian campaign.
The groups' statement called for asserting 'the significant role of Islam
in the state'.
It also called for the power of Islamic Shariah courts to be strengthened
and new laws to block the propagation of other religions among Muslims,
especially in states with large minority populations.
The groups sought more Islamic studies in schools, increased
scholarships for Muslims and the implementation of Islamic practices,
such as prayers during school assemblies. They also said television
stations should ban Western entertainment programs such as reality shows
and promote Islamic programming. -- AP
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