KOTA KINABALU: Sabah PAS Deputy Commissioner Hamid Ismail demanded that the seminar “How Much Do You Know About PAS Hudud Law” by MCA Sabah Women wing today (6 July) be cancelled.
He claimed that the seminar attempts to ridicule Hudud law and also to mislead Sabahans about it.
“Based on the newspaper report in local daily, the speakers would include Gan Ping Shou (Chairman of MCA Syariah Law and Policy Implementation Task Force) and Helen Fong Soh Lan (Chairman of MCA Wanita Lega and Policy Development Revisiory Committee).
“With due respect, are these speakers competent to talk about Hudud law to the public? Are they well-versed with the verses in al-Quran about Hudud law? Are they conversant with the Prophet Muhammad’s sunnah about Hudud law? Are they qualified as speakers to talk about Islamic law in general and Hudud law especially?” he asked.
“If they aren’t, I fear the public will get wrong knowledge about Hudud law from their speeches. As a result, Hudud law will get negative impression from the public especially the Sabahans,” said Hamid in a press statement yesterday.
He added that Hudud law is the divine law in Islam. “It is beautiful. It is Allah’s law. Hence, someone who wants to explain about it to the public must know and understand it.”
The seminar’s theme, “How Much Do You Know About PAS Hudud Law”, is already a lie. Hudud law does not belong to PAS. PAS does not enact it nor creates it. As I said earlier, Hudud law is Allah’s law.
“I demand MCA to stop the seminar. I understand that MCA is very concerned about the implementation of Hudud in Malaysia but please do not add more tension to the current situation. We already have the issues which relate to religion as happened in Penang (where Teo Chen Cheng’s corpse was taken away on suspicion that she was a Muslim), Selangor (where the religious Hindu wedding was interrupted) and the seizure of Bible with Hudud,” said Hamid.
He also respectfully advised MCA to stop hating Hudud law.
The seminar is planned to be organized in the city centre.
“If you don’t like it, please respect it. If you don’t want it, please understand it. Hatred brings nothing to this nation. Let’s us live together in peace and harmony. Let’s tolerate. Let’s love each other as Malaysians.
“For the record, today, I have lodged a report demanding the police to stop the seminar from being held and I hope the police would do so in the interest of our nation,” he said.