The BN supreme council's decision to veto Putrajaya's intention of taking over the bill to amend the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act proves that opponents of the bill are not "anti-Islam", says DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang.

"There are two important outcomes of the BN supreme council meeting yesterday - firstly, averting final funeral rites for a consensus-based BN and secondly, a clear affirmation that to criticise or even oppose (PAS president) Abdul Hadi Awang's Private Member's Bill is not being anti-Islam.

"If criticism or even opposition to Hadi's bill is being anti-Islam, then Umno ministers and leaders, led by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, would have committed acts that come under the definition of 'anti-Islam'," Kit Siang said in a statement today.