Press Statement By Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng In Komtar, George Town On 18.12.2014.<\/p>\n
The Penang State Government would equally defend the Administration of the Religion of Islam(State of Penang) Enactment 2004 against repeal by MCA as well as uphold the fundamental principle that fatwas are not applicable on non-Muslims.<\/p>\n
UMNO extremists and racists would fundamentally alter the basic character and identity of our Federal Constitution and deprive the inalienable constitutional rights of non-Muslims by insisting that religious fatwas are applicable on non-Muslims as on Muslims. The Penang state government stands firm and uphold the present laws that fatwas are not applicable on non-Muslims and only on Muslims.<\/p>\n
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The Penang state government wishes to unreservedly condemn BN-controlled newspapers for refusing to publish my statements on UMNO\u2019s extremist insistence that fatwas are applicable on non-Muslims as well as ignoring MCA\u2019s outrageous demand that sparked off the present controversy, to repeal the Administration of the Religion of Islam(State of Penang) Enactment 2004. The Penang state government had rejected MCA\u2019s outrageous demand because this would be gross interference in Muslim affairs, where repealing the entire Enactment would have serious implications, including abolishing the Majlis Agama Islam Negeri Pulau Pinang which is established by the Enactment.<\/p>\n
UMNO\u2019s silence on MCA\u2019s demand to repeal the Enactment is matched by MCA\u2019s silence on UMNO\u2019s contention that fatwas are applicable on non-Muslims. Whilst both MCA and UMNO have calculated that they will benefit politically from such lies, hypocrisy and double-standards, these irresponsible tactics will only serve to affect national unity and undermine religious harmony.<\/p>\n
Non-Muslims can be charged for religious offences such as preaching to Muslims as provided in the Federal Constitution or for any related offences clearly specified in an Act or Enactment as applicable to non-Muslims. These provisions are deemed to be passed under civil laws, not under syariah laws, because to do so would be a dangerous and unacceptable imposition of Islamic laws on non-Muslims.<\/p>\n
In Penang, this is provided under section 5 of ENAKMEN KESALAHAN JENAYAH SYARIAH (NEGERI PULAU PINANG) 1996, where non-Muslims can be charged in a civil court. Nothing is mentioned about being an offence for non-Muslims by not complying with a fatwa. Even the Administration of the Religion of Islam(State of Penang) Enactment 2004 bears me out where Section 49(1) of the Enactment states that a fatwa shall be binding on every Muslim in the state\u2026, without mentioning non-Muslims, clearly restricting its application on Muslims.
\nUMNO should stop trying to bully me the way that UMNO has bullied MCA and Gerakan to accept fatwas as applicable on non-Muslims. I wish to reiterate that if UMNO is sincere and serious about defending Islam, then UMNO should be condemning and lodging police reports against MCA for demanding that the Administration of the Religion of Islam(State of Penang) Enactment 2004 be repealed. This is gross interference and insult into the affairs of Islam by MCA because to repeal the Enactment is to also abolish the Majlis Agama Islam Negeri Pulau Pinang.<\/p>\n
LIM GUAN ENG
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Kenyataan media Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang Lim Guan Eng di Komtar, George Town pada 18 Disember 2014.<\/p>\n
Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang akan mempertahankan dengan saksama Enakmen Pentadbiran Agama Islam (Negeri Pulau Pinang) 2004 daripada dimansuhkan oleh MCA, serta mendaulatkan prinsip asasi bahawa fatwa adalah tidak terpakai terhadap orang bukan Islam.<\/p>\n
Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang akan mempertahankan dengan saksama Enakmen Pentadbiran Agama Islam (Negeri Pulau Pinang) 2004 daripada dimansuhkan oleh MCA, serta mendaulatkan prinsip asasi bahawa fatwa adalah tidak terpakai terhadap orang bukan Islam.<\/p>\n
Pihak-pihak ekstremis dan perkauman dalam Umno akan secara dasarnya mengubah perwatakan asas dan identiti Perlembagaan Persekutuan serta melucutkan hak yang dijamin Perlembagaan dan tidak dapat terpisah daripada orang bukan Islam dengan berkeras bahawa fatwa turut memberi kesan terhadap orang bukan Islam seperti mana ia terpakai terhadap orang Islam. Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang akan terus tegas dan mengemukakan undang-undang sedia ada bahawa fatwa adalah tidak terpakai terhadap orang bukan Islam dan hanya untuk orang Islam.<\/p>\n
Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang ingin mengutuk secara terbuka akhbar yang dikawal BN kerana enggan menyiarkan kenyataan saya mengenai sikap berkeras Umno mengatakan bahawa fatwa turut terpakai terhadap orang buklan Islam, serta tidak mengendahkan tuntutan mengarut MCA yang menimbulkan kontroversi ini, apabila mereka mahu memansuhkan Enakmen Pentadbiran Agama Islam (Negeri Pulau Pinang) 2004. Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang telah menolak tuntutan melampau MCA kerana ia merupakan campur tangan melampau terhadap hal ehwal orang Islam, di mana usaha untuk memansuhkan keseluruhan enakmen terbabit akan membawa implikasi serius, termasuk memansuhkan Majlis Agama Islam Negeri Pulau Pinang yang ditubuhkan oleh Enakmen ini.<\/p>\n
Sikap diam membisu Umno terhadap tuntutan MCA supaya memansuhkan Enakmen ini sama sahaja dengan sikap bisu MCA terhadap hujah Umno bahawa fatwa turut terpakai kepada orang bukan Islam.Sementara kedua-dua MCA dan Umno telah berkira-kira mereka akan mendapat manfaat daripada pembohongan, kemunafikan dan double standard sedemikian, taktik tidak bertanggungjawab ini hanya akan memberi kesan kepada perpaduan negara dan keharmonian antara agama. <\/p>\n
Orang bukan Islam boleh didakwa kerana kesalahan-kesalahan agama seperti menyampaikan ajaran agamanya kepada orang Islam seperti yang diperuntukkan di dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan atau mana-mana kesalahan berkaitan yang disebut secara jelas dalam Akta atau Enakmen yang terpakai terhadap orang bukan Islam. Peruntukan-peruntukan ini dianggap telah diluluskan di bawah undang-undang sivil, bukan undang-undang syariah, kerana sebaliknya adalah merbahaya dan merupakan pemaksaan undang-undang Islam ke atas orang bukan Islam, dan tidak boleh diterima. <\/p>\n
Di Pulau Pinang, ini diperuntukkan di bawah Seksyen 5 Enakmen Kesalahan Jenayah Syariah (Negeri Pulau Pinang) 1996, di mana orang bukan Islam boleh didakwa di mahkamah sivil. Tidak ada disebut bahawa menjadi kesalahan bagi seorang bukan Islam untuk tidak mengikuti fatwa. Malah Enakmen Pentadbiran Agama Islam (Negeri Pulau Pinang) 2004 turut menyokong kenyataan saya, di mana Seksyen 49(1) Enakmen terbabit menyatakan bahawa sesuatu fatwa adalah mengikat ke atas setiap orang Islam di dalam negeri…, tanpa menyebut orang bukan Islam, jelas menghadkannya kepada orang Islam sahaja.<\/p>\n
Umno patut berhenti cuba membuli saya seperti mana Umno telah membuli MCA dan Gerakan untuk menerima bahawa fatwa kononnya turut terpakai terhadap orang bukan Islam. Saya ingin menegaskan bahawa sekiranya Umno ikhlas dan serius mahu mempertahankan Islam, maka Umno seharusnya mengutuk dan membuat laporan polis terhadap MCA atas tuntutan mereka supaya Enakmen Pentabiran Agama Islam (Negeri Pulau Pinang) 2004 dimansuhkan. Ini adalah campurtangan melampau terhadap urusan agama Islam oleh MCA kerana langkah memansuh Enakmen terus turut bermakna mamansuhkan Majlis Agama Islam Negeri Pulau Pinang.<\/p>\n
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Press Statement By Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng In Komtar, George Town On 18.12.2014. The Penang State Government would equally defend the Administration of the Religion of Islam(State of Penang) Enactment 2004 against repeal by MCA as well as uphold the fundamental principle that fatwas are not applicable on non-Muslims. UMNO extremists and racists …<\/p>\n