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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 823649" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=576913" target="_blank">KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 (Bernama)</a>&nbsp; – The government can take action against people who abuse Quranic&nbsp; verses for certain interests and dispute all forms of worship by Muslims&nbsp; in this country.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department&nbsp; Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom said this followed the special conference&nbsp; of the National Fatwa Council on Dec 3 last year to discuss issues&nbsp; including abuse of Quranic verses.
“The muzakarah agreed that&nbsp; non-Muslims who cite Quranic verses according to their own understanding&nbsp; without sincerity is an affront to the sanctity of al-Quran and can&nbsp; cause doubt and slander in society,” he told Dewan Rakyat Wednesday.
He&nbsp; was responding to a question from Datuk Ibrahim Ali (Independent-Pasir&nbsp; Mas) on whether the government intends to enact legislation so that&nbsp; non-Muslims did not dispute all forms of worship by Muslims like the&nbsp; ‘azan’ (call to prayer) and the Maulidur Rasul (Prophet Muhammad’s&nbsp; birthday) celebration.
Jamil said that any person who caused&nbsp; disharmony in society could be charged under Section 298 and 298A (1) of&nbsp; Penal Code (Revised) 1997.
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[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 823649, member: 12952"] [INDENT][URL="http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=576913"]KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 (Bernama)[/URL] – The government can take action against people who abuse Quranic verses for certain interests and dispute all forms of worship by Muslims in this country. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom said this followed the special conference of the National Fatwa Council on Dec 3 last year to discuss issues including abuse of Quranic verses. “The muzakarah agreed that non-Muslims who cite Quranic verses according to their own understanding without sincerity is an affront to the sanctity of al-Quran and can cause doubt and slander in society,” he told Dewan Rakyat Wednesday. He was responding to a question from Datuk Ibrahim Ali (Independent-Pasir Mas) on whether the government intends to enact legislation so that non-Muslims did not dispute all forms of worship by Muslims like the ‘azan’ (call to prayer) and the Maulidur Rasul (Prophet Muhammad’s birthday) celebration. Jamil said that any person who caused disharmony in society could be charged under Section 298 and 298A (1) of Penal Code (Revised) 1997. [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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