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Sunday, October 12, 2014

Sarawak Government aborts ‘conversion’ plan

James Masing assured no such programme planned in Belaga despite the news going viral.
daudKUCHING: The Sarawak Government has invoked the law to disallow an Islamic programme scheduled to be held in poverty-stricken patches of Belaga, deep in Christian country in Northern Sarawak, from October 15 to 19 by the Sarawak branch of the Peninsula Malaysia-based Yayasan Amal Malaysia.
“We decided to take this step after taking note of the opposition to such a programme being held in Belaga,” said Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department, Daud Abdul Rahman, in a statement.
“Both Jabatan Agama Islam Sarawak (JAIS) and the Majlis Agama Islam Sarawak (MAIS) were consulted and agreed with the Sarawak Government that the Belaga programme should not proceed.”
The Government invoked Section 58(1) (d) Ordinan Majlis Islam Sarawak 2001 and Section 11, Ordinan Kesalahan Jenayah Syariah Sarawak 2001 to disallow the Islamic programme scheduled to be held in Belaga.
On Friday, Sarawak Minister James Masing queried Daud regarding the programme after the issue went viral on social media but was assured by his cabinet colleague that no such programme was planned in Belaga.
Daud is responsible for Islamic affairs in the Sarawak Cabinet and has been accused in the past of being in cahoots with Muslim NGOs in Peninsular Malaysia to spread Islam among Christian communities in Sarawak.
There’s no religion in the Sarawak Constitution in line with the Malaysia Agreement 1963 and the 18 Points, two of the constitutional documents which provided the basis for the state to be in Federation with Sabah and the peninsula.
It’s not known why the Sarawak Cabinet has a Minister responsible for Islamic affairs in a largely Christian state.

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