While this was happening our Political Non Muslim Leaders were sleeping on the job, they allowed this to happen, as they were busy lapping up the scraps thrown down to them by UMNO, for themselves. Guess they followed on the heels of UMNO salivating for more. The current rage is body snatching. So vote wisely - edit.
1957: The Reid Commission drafted the Federal Constitution, and at the behest of one of the Commission members, Mr. Justice Abdul Hamid of West Pakistan High Court, Article 3 (1) was formulated as such: āIslam is the religion of the Federation ā¦ā 1966: Restrictions were placed on the employment, entry and residence of priests and religious personnel. This led to the reduction of religious personnel in mission schools. 1974: The Red Cross Society was re-named Red Crescent Society. 1974 to present: The airing of Islamic television and radio programmes began increasing. From 1974 onwards, prime time television programmes were paused to air the Azans [Muslim prayer]. In 1982 Islamic content on TV stood at 10 per cent; in 1988 it rose to 17.5 per cent. In 2007, new station TV9 was launched, which features mainly Islamic programming. There is no coverage of non-Muslim religious programmes, save for during the respective festivals. Songs that contain the word āJesusā have been banned [eg: āJesus to a Childā by George Michael], as well as movies depicting prophets [eg: āPrince of Egyptā, a film about the life of Moses]. 1979: The Islamic Revolution and revivalism in Iran had a direct effect on Muslims here. Muslim clerics began exhorting their faithful to return to the fundamentals of the faith. The Angkatan Budaya Islam Malaysia [Malaysian Islamic Cultural Force] (ABIM) led by Anwar Ibrahim started the dakwah [the call] movement mainly among government college and university students. Muslim women, for the first time, were seen donning the tudung [head covering]. Over the years, wearing of the tudung has become the norm amongst Muslim women. 1981: The Indonesian translation of the Bible ā āAlkitabā was banned under the Internal Security Act. The ban was later lifted on condition the books were restricted to Christian use. In 2000, the Bahasa Malaysia translation of āAlkitabā was confiscated by the Special Branch from the Daughters of St. Paul bookstore in Petaling Jaya. The then Deputy PM Abdullah Badawi later released the books on condition that the words āfor Christians onlyā were printed on the cover. Continued here.... |
