YOURSAY 'Any Muslim who has a rudimentary knowledge of Islam would be an admirer of Imam Khomeini.'

Mat Sabu: I'm a Khomeini admirer, not a Shiite

your say, YoursayFerdtan: If Mat Sabu can be accused as a Shiite adherent because he admired Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran then the following Umno leaders should be hauled up as well.

- Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who first started such ridiculous allegation against the deputy PAS president at the Umno general assembly, should also be accused as well for being a Shiite follower following similar conjecture.

On July 23, 2013, Zahid voiced Malaysia's readiness to broaden ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran (horror!). He made the remark in a meeting with visiting Iranian Foreign Ministry DG (director-general) for Asia-Pacific, Rasoul Mohajer.

- Perkasa Ibrahim Ali was especially proud to show his photographs in an interview taken in his youth with the late Khomeini and as well as Fidel Castro of Cuba.

Zahid, you have concrete evidence in photographs of Ibrahim Ali with both of them. Therefore Ibrahim Ali is a Shiite disciple and a communist at the same time.

- On Aug 5, 2013, former PM Mahathir attended the inauguration of Iran's newly elected President Hassan Rohani.

He met with him to discuss Teheran-Kuala Lumpur relations. So is Mahathir an admirer of Shiite teaching?

Mohamad Abdul Malik: "(Mat Sabu) frequently visits to Shiite-majority Iran, as per the testimony of Home Ministry officer Zamihan Mat Zin."

I understand that our deputy PM too recently visited Iran. Correct me if I was wrong, Iran too has an embassy in our country. Does that make Muhyiddin Yassin a Shiite?

If we consider Shiites as not Muslims than they too have the right to practice their religion like the Buddhists, Hindus and Christians as stated under the constitution.

But the Shiites were allowed to perform the Haj in Mecca. By this same token, they are considered as Muslims by Saudi Arabia. If Saudi Arabia, considered as the home of Islam recognised them as Muslims, who are we to brand them otherwise?

I can find of no good reason for the authorities' reasoning except that they were ill advised themselves.

Interested Bystander: "About the allegation that I was impressed with Khomeini, I say thanks. I am an admirer of his leadership because he is a leader who brought Muslims to stand on their own," said Mat Sabu.

That statement is incredibly damning.

CQ Muar: I'm a Ahmad Zahid Hamidi admirer for his idiosyncrasies - does this turn me into a Muslim?

Wg321: The refusal of Home Ministry secretary-general Abdul Rahim Mohamad Radzi to answer questions from journalists showed that he himself does not believe that his prepared statement against Mat Sabu is strong.

How does Umno going to promote Malay unity with PAS if they continue to attack PAS with such flimsy allegations? With the Internet, people are very well informed.

Actually don't talk nonsense. Just return all the oil royalties together with arrears and interests without any pre-conditions to the PAS state government of Kelantan.

This is the birth right of the Kelantanese Malay. Kelantan is part of Tanah Melayu. Kelantan is not Pulau Batu Puteh.

Anonymous #37634848: This is yet another trumped-up charge. Mat Sabu should sue them in court. I didn't expect the home minister being that stupid and reckless.

Anonymous #07910507: If any Muslim who has a rudimentary knowledge of Islam, he would be an admirer of Imam Khomeini.

He was the man of the century, and for Muslims he was the Imam of the Century. He put Islam back in the driving seat of history.

If there was a revolution after the true revolution of Prophet s. a. w. it was the Islamic Revolution of Iran.

Yeoh Chee Weng: Why are the different sects of Christianity and Islam so antagonistic toward one another? They are professing to worship the same almighty god and historically the founders of the religions are tribal relatives.

They should be having dialogues to mutually respect one another's interpretations of the founders' teachings. The world would be more peaceful and Malaysians would sigh with relief.

Nature works towards biodiversity and heterogeneity. Why are humans intend on imposing their will to make homogeneity of belief, culture, tradition, language, legal system, cuisine, fashion and everything else that they want to dominate?

Not Confused: Zahid never fails to cause raucous laughter to everyone, every time he opens his mouth, which is far too often for my liking.

It's time the PM rein in this laughing hyena because he is causing untold damage to the attempts by the BN regime to regain popularity.

Vgeorgemy: After reading the 10 points of evidence against Mat Sabu, we immediately remember the history of Nazi administration in Germany, who used utter lies to spread hatred against religious minorities to strengthen their political positions after a humiliating war.

Umno is adopting the same strategy to regain the respect of Malay youths.

The above is a selection of comments posted by Malaysiakini subscribers. Only paying subscribers can post comments. Over the past one year, Malaysiakinians have posted over 100,000 comments. Join the Malaysiakini community and help set the news agenda. Subscribe now.