Perkasa has questioned Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin's commitment to Islam after he insisted that the right wing group chief Ibrahim Ali's threat to burn the Bible was seditious.

        

"Which religion is the Umno Youth chief actually fighting for?" asked Perkasa Youth chief Irwan Fahmi Ideris in a statement today.

The wing took offence after Khairy cast doubts on the Attorney-General Chamber's (AGC) refusal to prosecute Ibrahim on grounds that he made the threat in defence of Islam.

The AGC in its explanation said Ibrahim made the threat in the context of an incident in Jelutong where three men had distributed Malay-language copies of the Bible to students including Muslims.

Non-Muslims are constitutionally barred from propagating their religion to Muslims.

Irwan ( right ) said while Khairy appeared bent on seeing Ibrahim punished, he appeared mum on the Jelutong incident which the Perkasa chief had spoken out against.

Likewise, Irwan claimed Khairy was not vocal in criticising incidences where pig heads were hurled at mosques but was among the first to speak up when a Church was fire-bombed.

"Is this a youth chief from a party that supposedly fights for the sanctity of Islam?" he said.

Irwan questioned whether Khairy, who is also Youth and Sports Minister, was out to incite hatred among Malays towards Umno with his "stupid" statement.

He also challenged Khairy to hold an Umno Youth meeting to have his exco members endorse his stance of wanting Ibrahim to be prosecuted.

Meanwhile, DAP’s Seputeh MP Teresa Kok urged the government to make clear its stance over the issue after mixed signals from several ministers.

Kok pointed out that Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nancy Shukri in a parliamentary written reply had parroted the AGC’s justification not to prosecute Ibrahim, but Tourism Minister Nazri Abdul Aziz and Khairy had broken ranks and disagreed with the inaction.

“It will not suffice for ministers to declare their personal stand on the non-action against Ibrahim Ali.

“Malaysians are entitled to know what is the cabinet’s collective stance on the issue, whether it will endorse or repudiate the attorney-general’s decision not to prosecute Ibrahim Ali,” she said.

Nancy had previously refused to comment on the justification other than conveying the AGC’s message, stating that the cabinet cannot intervene in its affairs.

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