India is a bigger country and will start tightening the screws
for Malaysia and make Malaysia realize that Zakir Naik is only trouble and soon
the American FBI will have a reward on his head and declare him a terrorist. Make
my works it is a matter of time not today not tomorrow but 100% in the future
he will be deported to India without any fanfare as not to embarrass the Morons
who gave him sanctuary in the first place
Remember North Korea, how they squeezed Malaysia’s hand and got
the Dear leader’s brother’s dead body send back to North Korea but India will
do more damage than North Korea did to get back the criminal Zakir Naik. Let the game begin
Adopting a fugitive in the name of Islam
Why the clandestine tactic used by Putrajaya to allow Zakir Naik to enjoy unfettered stay in Malaysia?
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Fool hardy or a hidden conspiracy to overhaul Malaysia into an Islamic state? Either way, when Putrajaya dropped the bombshell that it had in fact given fugitive preacher Zakir Naik permanent resident status, the federal government’s desperation in ridding the country of its secular identity finally lost its eclipse.
Still, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi took his time in revealing what many Malaysians had long feared – that the notorious preacher has made inroads into Putrajaya’s heart, becoming its prodigal child, going on to enjoy the PR status and moving in and out of Malaysia as and when Zakir pleases.
That the speaker has been travelling to and fro Malaysia at his whims and fancies for five long years is not what leaves many shocked. Rather, it is the betrayal coming from Putrajaya that has left peace-loving Malaysians stunned.
Last November, the Home Ministry point-blankly said while Zakir had applied for a PR status, no approval had been forthcoming!
“He applied for a permanent resident status only and it has not been approved yet,” a top official of Ahmad Zahid who wished to remain anonymous told Berita Daily.
In November 2016, the Home Ministry refuted Indian media reports that the televangelist had been granted Malaysian citizenship as a ‘package deal’ when he was given the Tokoh Maal Hijrah award here in 2013.
So why all the lies? Were the denials serving as a trojan horse to pursue Putrajaya’s long-term goal of creating an Islamised Malaysia?
Then comes the question of how and why has Zakir been deemed worthy of residing in Malaysia, given his penchant for terrorism in the name of jihad?
Was there a consensus from the ruling coalition BN to allow Zakir to make Malaysia one of his many homes? Or was the verdict to give the speaker PR status solely that of Umno’s, the strictly-Malay party that is also the de-facto voice that has forcefully been charting the nation’s path?
Or for that matter, why the clandestine tactic used by Putrajaya to allow Zakir to enjoy unfettered stay in Malaysia and at the same time go about his public proselytisations.
Putrajaya embraces fugitive Zakir
Zakir whom Zahid has declared a ‘very wise man’ is wanted back in India for questioning but the former has refused to cooperate with the authorities there, fearing torture and is insisting that they instead question him in Malaysia.
The Indian police have announced that they are seeking Interpol’s help in detaining the preacher for questioning.
Zakir’s misogynist remarks that blamed women who wear revealing clothes for inciting sexual violence and his unreserved comments that al-Qaeda militant founder Osama bin Laden was no terrorist have all raised doubts about the his real motive in preaching the supremacy of Islam.
That Malaysia has willingly embraced a fugitive in the name of Islam is petrifying. Yet, Zahid very casually said that Putrajaya would aid India in investigating Zakir if only a mutual legal assistance was requested.
“If there is a request (from India) for our assistance, we are going to translate it by giving a full cooperation to India,” Zahid, who is also Home Minister said on Tuesday.
On April 15, the Hindustan Times reported that the Indian enforcement directorate had filed a charge sheet against Aamir Gazdar, a confidante of Zakir, and Zakir’s company Harmony Media Ltd, for allegedly laundering money on his behalf.
The 1,000-page charge sheet lists Zakir as an accused in the case.
The Times of India has also reported that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will seek an Interpol “red corner notice” against Zakir to curb his movements outside Saudi Arabia if he fails to turn up for questioning.
A red corner notice is an international arrest warrant circulated by Interpol on behalf of a government.
This came after the televangelist defied repeated summonses.
While countries like Canada and Britain no longer tolerate Zakir in their midst, Putrajaya on the other hand seems jubilant in having enticed the speaker to pick Malaysia as one of his many homes.
Denying Malaysia’s secular identity
Why the ecstasy with Zakir so much so that his PR status application was rushed through covertly?
Has the troubled speaker’s all-out assertion that Islam is the superior religion left Putrajaya horribly impressed that it behooved Zakir an asset to help further the Malaysian government’s Islamisation agenda?
Malaysia’s constitution identifies the country as a secular nation but the brazen move by Umno and its leader and Prime Minister Najib Razak who recently claimed that the BN government remains committed in supporting Islam in line with the Federal Constitution has once again challenged its supremacy.
The premier cited Article 3 of the Federal Constitution which clearly stated that Islam is the religion of the federation but other religions may be practiced in peace and harmony.
Just why an overzealous Najib continues to deny the fact that Malaysia was in principal created as a secular nation has raised suspicions time and again.
In one of his recent blog postings “Islam Under the Barisan Nasional”, the prime minister alluded to all that Putrajaya had done a lot to ensure Islam continued to grow and the Muslims in the country are protected.
“For example, in Budget 2017, I announced an allocation of RM50 million for government-aided religious schools and RM50 million for registered ‘pondok’ Islamic religious schools.
“For the first time too, the government allocated RM30 million to synchronise tahfiz education through the National Tahfiz Education Policy. This is an important step in determining that Tahfiz al-Quran institutions continued to flourish and grow.”
Promoting Islam and Ketuanan Melayu or Malay supremacy at the expense of the marginalised groups? That explains why the prime minister had no trouble turning a blind eye to the pleas of groups like the disabled community decrying the current paltry financial assistance doled out by the government.
Putrajaya nurturing extremism
It was also Najib who continued to up the ante against the opposition vis-a-vis Islam saying they had no desire to develop Islam and Malays in the country.
Resorting to racially-inflammatory rhetoric, the PM accused the opposition of subscribing to the ‘ends justify the means’ concept all aimed at ousting the BN government.
“The goal must be noble, the method must also be correct, if it’s not done in the right way, God will not accept our worship, everything must be right, if the method is not right, our worship despite our good intentions will not be accepted by God, and even in politics we have to hold to the principles of Islam.
“If you know the person does not like the development of Islam in our country, why associate with him or her,” the premier countered.
In the midst of all the racial-undercurrent being churned by Putrajaya, comes Zakir, seen as the the answer to Putrajaya’s creeping Islamisation agenda, never mind if it means that Malaysia gets busy nurturing extremism back home.
Ends justify the means, Putrajaya-style?
KUALA LUMPUR: Popular televangelist Zakir Naik had ‘inspired’ several terrorist attacks including the deadly Dhaka attack which took the lives of nine Italian tourists in July 2016.
Five armed men stormed into a bakery in an affluent area in Bangladesh, and later one of the militants, Rohan Imtiaz, claimed that he was inspired by what Zakir had said during one of his sermons that every Muslim should be a terrorist.
Speaking to Berita Daily is a lecturer at the University of Delhi who branded the flamboyant Islamic preacher as bigoted as other Hindu fundamentalists in the country.
“For me he is as bigoted as Hindu fundamentalists here (in India). He has a dangerous mind even if he makes ‘progressive’ noises on certain issues occasionally,” said the lecturer who didn’t want to be named due to strict university policies.
The Dhaka attackers were not the only ones who were ‘inspired’ by Zakir’s speech. In 2007, nine years before the Dhaka massacre, Kafeel Ahmed of Bangalore had carried out an attack in Glasgow, Scotland.
He drove an explosives-laden vehicle into his target and investigations showed that he was inspired by the Mumbai-born preacher.
However, the Indian lecturer said although Zakir had made several controversial remarks on extremism, there was the context of Hindu fundamentalism in India which targets icons like Zakir as he is seen as an easy target by virtue of being a Muslim.
“So many secular progressive people have seen India’s hounding of Zakir Naik as an example of Hindutva supremacy and hatred for Islam.
“That is how many have defended him.”
Zakir is currently in Malaysia and has also received an award from Malay right wing group Perkasa. Prior to the award, Zakir had also received the Tokoh Maal Hijrah award for his contribution in promoting Islam. It was also revealed earlier this week that he has a Malaysian PR status.
The Indian police have announced that they are seeking Interpol’s help to arrest the preacher for questioning.
Zakir said that he would not return to India for fear of being tortured and has asked the Indian authorities to come to Malaysia to probe him here.
‘Send Zakir back to
India’ before it is too late for Malaysia
Meanwhile former law minister Zaid Ibrahim slammed the government for not having a consistent policy.
He was referring to the cases where the government had deported a group of Chinese ethnics of Uighur to China although it was clear that they will face torture once they set foot in their country.
The ex-Umno man added that Zakir was only making up stories that he will be tortured in India.
“The thing is we have no clear policy. As a modern country we should have a clear stand on such issues. The government deported the Uighurs to China and the Tamils of Sri Lanka when they know that they will be tortured.
“The government is doing a stupid thing by continuing to give Zakir awards and protecting him here. Malaysia cannot ignore India’s request; we have to respect it. They must send Zakir back to India.
“He is trying to escape justice and he is making up stories that he will be unfairly treated. That is not true. Zakir must surely have his own legal team. India’s legal system is better than us. Even the prime minister gets charged unlike us,” he said when contacted.
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