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Minister says ‘doesn’t want to hear’ any more sexual crimes, scandals involving celebrity preachers
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Publish date: Thu, 24 Dec 2020, 07:03 PM
SEPANG, Dec 24 — Following a slew of reports of alleged sexual crimes and scandals involving Muslims celebrity preachers, minister Datuk Zulkifli Mohamad has expressed his hope today that no such scandals will occur again in the coming year.
Speaking in a gathering with some 50 celebrity preachers at the Movenpick Hotel here, the former federal territories mufti had urged those present, including himself, to be mindful of their moral standing.
“I want to say to everyone even though I am a minister but I am a minister who supports you all, may you be given strength and wealth.
“Please be mindful, including myself. I do not want to hear of any molestation cases,’’ said Zulkifli.
In his speech, he also joked that in comparison to such sexual crimes, he is not too concerned about such preachers being involved in polygamy.
“If it is an issue of being engaged to one or two or three or four [women], that is still okay,’’ he said, referring to polygamy in Islam, where a man is allowed to marry up to four women if they fulfil certain criteria.
“But when it comes to sexual assault, dear God, even repeating the word does not sound good.”
Zulkifli’s remark comes after the case of Da’i Syed, whose full name is Syed Shah Iqmal Syed Mohammad Shaiful, who catapulted to fame as a preacher on a reality television programme and was charged with rape and unnatural sex earlier this month.
In a brief press conference after his speech, Zulkifli again expressed that he does not wish to hear of such scandals in the coming year, and urged the community to remind each other on this matter.
He also explained his jest about polygamy, adding again jokingly: “I hope no such cases will recur. If you think it is needed, get married to two women, or three, for example.”
In Zulkifli’s talking points, he also stated the need for a more stringent pre-requisite for contestants to enter religious reality shows, including having a proper Islamic education as well as credentials conferred from a local authority.
Yesterday, Zulkifli agreed to the suggestions by Majlis Dakwah Negara chairman Datuk Mahmood Zuhdi Abd Majid to review reality TV programmes featuring Islamic preachers.
Mahmood had also recommended celebrity Islamic preachers undergo further training and guidance once their programmes have concluded, instead of being allowed to preach as they please.
Da’i Syed, 25, was charged with raping a woman at the Sessions Court in Shah Alam, Selangor on December 10 and faces up to 20 years in prison and whipping if found guilty.
He also faces two separate charges of committing unnatural sex and molestation at the Magistrates Court and Sessions Court in Petaling Jaya.
The celebrity preacher has claimed trial to all three counts. Da’i Syed was subsequently released from a temporary detention centre in Beranang, Selangor on December 15, after posting bail amounting to RM35,000.
Prior to Da’i Syed, there had been several other recent sexual scandals involving celebrity preachers, including extra-marital affairs, eloping, abandoning their wives for others, sexting, and indecent exposure.
Earlier this week, popular preacher Syamsul Zaman Sukri, also known as “Ustaz Budak”, was charged in the Magistrate’s Court in Kota Baru with committing gross indecency with a man at a hotel here.
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Blame for Malaysia’s march backward to medieval Arab values and customs lies firmly at the door of politicians, many of whom make no claim to being devout Muslims but see the advantage in appealing to the lowest common denominators.
Quite how far this has gone is not merely shown by the prevalence of hijabs, and even some burkas, compared with forty years ago – or traditional Malay dress 100, 200 or 300 or more years ago. Polygamy, once rare, even hidden, is no longer so. According to a recent survey, 70% of women profess to believe that it is acceptable. The survey also found also indicated that 21% of women believed a husband had a right to beat his wife and a majority that a wife needed her husband’s consent to leave the house. No less than 80% expressed pressures to conform to images of a “proper Muslim woman”, restraints which evidently did not apply to men.
All this exists in a society where women are now barely less educated than men. Yet only 51% of women are in the workforce with lower rate for Malays than others. Those few that are in senior positions, such as are there because of and on behalf of their husbands. Yet history shows that in the past Malay women could reach the highest status. Sultanates such as Patani and Aceh had (successful) female rulers, in the Patani case a succession of them who originated with the Melaka sultanate. Can anyone imagine one now? Even Negri Sembilan’s Minangkabau matriarchal tradition has in practice been suppressed.
2020-12-24 19:22
Problem with religion is that, it cover up wrong doings, only make us self righteous and nothing else! In short, religion does not make you holy, it makes you mask up and do more evil!
2020-12-24 19:41
True. Also more retard because many controversial pseudofactual statements and claims cannot be explored, analysed or debated.
2020-12-24 19:45
In any country, if only 1-2% of the children attend religiosity-centric schools should be no big deal. But if majority go for this, then that particular country would naturally regress, rather than progress. Time will tell - cannot lie or cover up
2020-12-24 19:57
China was free from western religions for over 5k years! Back then, China was so advanced, sailing ships used by China was hundred years more advanced than European!
Christianity held back European civilization until it was separated from daily lives! Hence the birth of secularism in Europe! Only then European became more progressive!
There's nothing good in extremism in religion! Malaysia indeed going on path of destruction! The Islam that we have here is fake! Nothing to do with that in Saudi and very little to do with those in Mecca itself!
If malays adopt true Islam, then Hodod will be enforced! That's what Pas holymen wanted! But do you trust those fake Pas holymen to lead malays!
I mean, come on! We will see Pas holymen commiting all the wrong doings but will not face any prosecution! Whereas, ordinary malays will be subject to injustice as Pas holymen can easily fabricate charges since you only need 3 fake witness to get malays hand cop and slash to death!
2020-12-24 20:08
China broke because of corruptible officials dealt with opium pushers from the west
2020-12-24 20:10
Over 150 years of this corruption and opium business, turned its precious gold bar into worthless paper money
2020-12-24 20:12
Engineering! Actually it's was Chian elite fault why westerners came in! Around 600 years ago, China sailing ships were so advanced, they were going all over the world trading with other nations!
The thing is, it made chinese merchants extremely wealthy! So wealthy that it threaten status quo of the upper class chinese!
So they persuaded Emperor to burn all China sailing ships including their blueprint on how to build this super sailing ships!
In the end, China completey lost this knowledge of navigation and ship building! Completely lost forever!
So it made the elites very happy! Chinese merchants died off! Westerners monopolize trading with China! That's 600 years history of China for you!
2020-12-24 20:15
Engineering! Yeah, that's right! Again, China officials back then were too corupted! And westerners monolized trade with China!
Imagine if China supply tea directly with Britain back then! You think who will feel threaten! Instead Britain go to China directly in exchange for opium!
Heck, chinese back then love opium! I mean the brittish never force them you know!
2020-12-24 20:18
These god-fearing from the west were desperate. Because China insisted they got nothing that China would want.
2020-12-24 20:22
Ccp blame westerners for everything! Hundred years of humiliation baloney!
The thing is, one should examine the upper class for what happen to China! I mean, did westerners threaten China merchants 600 years ago! Come on, China already had advanced weapon compare to europeans! Gun powder was invented in China you know!
Do you know only China knows how to sail ships against the wind! Europeans didn't know! They mostly depend on the wind! If the wind blow east, they go east! If the wind go west, they go back to Europe!
But not! China was master of the wind! Ships go Malacca come east, south, north wind!
2020-12-24 20:22
They wanted to sell their manufactured goods, but China was not interested
2020-12-24 20:22
Posted by EngineeringProfit > Dec 24, 2020 8:22 PM | Report Abuse
These god-fearing from the west were desperate. Because China insisted they got nothing that China would want.
Answer : Exactly! China was so advanced back then, they wonder want else do they want! The west can offer nothing in return! Well, until some white dude offer them some dope! Seems some weed is better than hot tea i guess!
2020-12-24 20:24
The difference is, unlike those chinamen, these god-fearing ppl from the west took those eastern discovery to a greater height - to commercialisation and so on
2020-12-24 20:25
China has learned a lesson. CORRUPTION was the root of their shameful fate. That's the purpose of studying history. So what do they do now? Yes, CORRUPTION NO MORE
2020-12-24 20:27
While locally hadi bawang manages to brainwash his followers - corrupt believers would be better leaders than sceptic rationalists
2020-12-24 20:29
Well, not really! Ccp officials are super corrupted! They say if you throw a book, you sure hit a corrupted official because all of them are corrupted!
The difference is Chairman Xi! You see, Chairman Xi saw the big picture! I was kinda lost why he ban west social media like Youtube, Google, Facebook and so forth! Xi was ahead of the curve! Just look at US now, the big tech control everything! Even can form political narrative and change US election outcome! Even successfully cover up for the fraud in recent US election by censoring critics!
Instead Ccp owned the social media! Owned the big tech of China! Owned basically everything! To extend owned many of US entities! Heck, even Hollywood had to get their scripts certified by Ccp!
2020-12-24 20:32
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Not to hear means all must be cover up?
2020-12-24 19:08