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Faulty PA system was the cause of 'silent' azans of Mosque NOT because of pressure from non-Muslims, says mosque officials
--- END of UPDATE ----"..... Masjid Kota Damansara officials have clarified a damaged amplifier caused the calls to prayers to be made without the aide of a PA system. Mosque officials DENIED that the silence of the azan from its loudspeakers was due to pressure from non-Muslims.
Secretary of the mosque Ahmad Redzuan Samsudin said a police report was lodged on Wednesday against Mohd Khir Toyo for claiming pressure from non-Muslims and that a state exco-backed petition had forced them to stop making the azan through the loudspeaker. “There was NO pressure from non-Muslims,” said Redzuan when contacted.
The police report was lodged by mosque head Hassan Basri alias Basri Mohd at the Kota Damansara police station. He said: “I see all of this as slander and an attempt to give rise to prejudice among the various races in Kota Damansara, an act of provocation to divide the community.”
Teresa Kok has denied any such petition against a mosque or surau (community prayer hall) in Kota Damansara, Sri Serdang or Puchong Jaya. She has threatened legal action against Mohd Khir and Utusan unless a retraction is made.
Mohd Khir Toyo AGAIN Inciting Racial Discontent: THIS Time Anger and Hatred of Selangor Malays against Selangor Non-Malays/DAP.Read here article "Report lodged against Khir Toyo for stirring up 'azans'" on Malaysiakini
Read related article in earlier posting: Malaysia's Racial Peace is NOW Threatened by THREE Dangerous Elements: Mohd Khir Toyo, UMNO and Ghosts of May 13,1969Excerpts: Read here for more
Kota Raja MP Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud of PAS has lodged a police report against former Selangor menteri besar Dr Mohd Khir Toyo and a Blog ( Pembela Melayu Sejati Blog ) for spreading “malicious slander” and “lies” .... “maliciously intended and aimed at raising the anger and anxiety of Malay Muslims".
Mohd Khir Toyo was quoted on the Pembelan Melayu Sejati on June 26 as alleging that Selangor exco and DAP leader Teresa Kok had submitted a petition to Umno’s Seri Serdang state assemblyperson Satim Diman which supposedly described the azans as “disturbing the peace” of local residents. The blog also alleged that Kok's petition requested for the calls to prayers there to be “toned down”.
Khir Toyo’s statement was published in the Malay daily Utusan Malaysia on Tuesday. In the Utusan report, Khir Toyo was reported to have urged the opposition Pakatan Rakyat-led Selangor government not to concede to purported moves by “a certain party” to disallow azans (calls for prayers) emanating from loudspeakers of mosques in Puchong and Kota Damansara.
PAS MP Siti Mariah said she had checked with Kok as well as the state assembly hansard containing Satim’s speech and said she had ascertained that all the allegations regarding the azans were NOT TRUE.
Siti Mariah said Mohd Khir’s statements are:Siti Mariah said during UMNO rule in Selangor, it was behind the “locking up” of mosques and the ban against some religious speakers. She said,"... lies, slander, and maliciously intended to incite hatred (by Malay Muslims) against party leaders in Pakatan Rakyat, particularly DAP.
If you meet with Malay Muslims, you will find that these (racial) issues are being hotly debated.
We are worried. I believe the intention (behind Khir’s statements) can be nothing but bad.
DAP leaders have NEVER stepped into or meddled in Islamic affairs.All this while, it has been Umno that has oppressed Islam.”
Hulu Kelang state assemblyperson Saari Sungib also said he and several other PAS leaders, including state exco in charge of Islamic affairs Dr Hassan Ali and Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad, had met with Selangor menteri besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim following the Utusan report.
“The menteri besar has clarified that there was NO move against azans. I do not know how that issue has arisen,” said Saari when contacted earlier.
When reached for a response, Mohd Khir declined comment.
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Tentera Beri Amaran Kepada UMNO Tentang Politik Perkauman
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Panglima Angkatan Tentera, Jeneral Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Zainal memberi amaran kepada UMNO agar segera berhenti menggunakan isu-isu perkauman untuk tujuan politik.Isu-isu perkauman yang dicetus pemimpin-pemimpin UMNO perlu dihentikan serta-merta.
- Sebelum ini, UMNO telah menimbulkan kemarahan kaum Cina dengan tindakan Ketua Pemudanya menghunus keris sambil mengugut kaum-kaum lain. Kemudiannya, kaum Cina dan India diberi amaran lagi oleh UMNO berikutan cadangan Menteri Besar Selangor untuk membuka 10% UiTM kepada pelajar bukan Bumiputra untuk menggalakkan persaingan.
- Sebelum itu, kaum India dihina dan dicerca saban hari di media terutama sewaktu berita sewaktu isu Hindraf ditimbulkan. Majoriti rakyat India yang bersama Hindraf hanya menuntut gantirugi dari British kerana memaksa nenek moyang mereka ke Malaysia tetapi UMNO memutarbelit isu dan mendakwa kononnya Hindraf mengatakan berlakunya pembersihan etnik di Malaysia. Kaum India beramai-ramai menolak UMNO dan BN dalam pilihanraya baru-baru ini.
- UMNO bermain dengan api perkauman lagi dengan memanggil kaum Cina penduduk sementara dan imigran.
Untuk mengawal keadaan, tentera akhirnya memberi amaran kepada UMNO agar berhenti bermain isu perkauman.
Rakyat maklum tujuan isu perkauman dimainkan ialah agar darurat, agar UMNO boleh terus memerintah apabila Parlimen terpaksa dibubarkan.
Menteri Besar Kelantan, Tuan Guru Dato' Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat berkata, pandangan Jeneral tersebut perlu diambil perhatian kerana isu perkauman yang ditimbulkan sesetengah pihak kebelakangan ini begitu membimbangkan.Beliau diminta mengulas kenyataan Panglima Angkatan Tentera yang mendakwa isu perkauman yang ditimbulkan ahli-ahli politik sekarang boleh menjurus kepada keadaan huru-hara.
Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz yang juga Mursyidul Am PAS mendakwa kenyataan seperti itu mungkin secara langsung ditujukan kepada Umno dan Gerakan memandangkan mereka sedang bertelagah sesama ekoran isu perkauman yang ditimbulkan Umno.
Menurutnya juga sejak awal lagi Islam menolak perjuangan berasaskan kebangsaan kerana ia boleh menjurus kepada semangat perkauman.
Tuan Guru Dato' Nik Abdul Aziz mengulas:
"Pihak tentera amat bimbang dengan senario itu dan menyarankan kerajaan mengambil tindakan tegas terhadap pihak yang menimbulkan isu perkauman.Tindakan UMNO memainkan isu perkauman dilihat rakyat bagaikan anjing menyalak yang tidak mendapat perhatian sesiapa.
Dalam al-Quran disebut 'Sengaja Allah jadikan kaum itu berbangsa-bangsa dan bersuku puak supaya kamu kenal mengenali antara satu sama lain.'
Umno dan Barisan Nasional (BN) bergerak atas asas perkauman di mana parti itu memupuk semangat perkauman mengikut sentimen bangsa masing-masing. Kaum Cina dengan MCA, India dengan MIC dan Melayu dengan Umno yang akhirnya bertembung sesama sendiri akibat masalah perkauman yang ditiupkan dalam perjuangan mereka.
Sedangkan PAS sejak awal lagi menolak soal perkauman yang telah menjadikan Islam sebagai dasar dalam perjuangannya.
PAS memberi kesedaran kepada penganutnya supaya menjalin hubungan baik semua bangsa seperti saudara sendiri.
Di Kelantan kerajaan negeri yang mentadbir secara Islam tidak pernah meminggirkan golongan minoriti, antaranya Skim Takaful Kifaalah dan Takaful Armalah diberikan kepada semua kaum.
Selain itu, kita juga menterjemahkan gabungan tiga budaya pada Masjid Jubli Perak di Rantau Panjang bagi menggambarkan penghormatan pimpinan kerajaan negeri kepada golongan terbabit. Oleh itu PAS menentang habis-habisan mereka yang membangkitkan isu perkauman kerana ia mendatangkan mudarat besar kepada seluruh rakyat.
Sementara itu, ada sumber menyebut isu perkauman seperti sengaja dibangkitkan pemimpin Umno dalam usaha mereka menggagalkan rancangan Pakatan Rakyat menubuh kerajaan pada 16 September ini.
Ia dibuktikan apabila Perdana Menteri, Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi lambat mengambil tindakan terhadap Ketua Umno Bahagian Bukit Bendera, Dato' Ahmad Ismail biar pun tindakan dan kenyataannya ternyata boleh menggugatkan perpaduan kaum di negara ini.
Perdana Menteri hanya menggantungkan jawatan pemimpin itu dalam Umno dan bukannya mengenakan tindakan mengikut undang-undang seperti dikenakan terhadap pemimpin pembangkang sebelum ini".
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