A MCA leader has described controversial academic Ridhuan Tee Abdullah as a "jaundiced sputter", who is trying hard to forget his Chinese roots.

Koo Chin Nam also accused the "holier than thou" Muslim convert of letting down his religion with the latest call to infiltrate churches.

Koo is the MCA syariah law and policy implementation special task force deputy chairperson.

Under normal circumstances, he said that it would be best to ignore Ridhuan’s ( right ) views.

"After all, his actions suggest he is a limelight-seeker who wants and tries so hard with futility to forget his own Chinese roots by attacking his own genealogy and the faith of others as he has embraced another religion, simply to prove his ‘purity’ by being more- religious-than-religious.

"However, his latest call as reported in Sinar Harian that 'I hope there are Muslims who can enter churches in disguise to hear what is discussed' is unbecoming of him as an educated Chinese Muslim," he added.

Koo said the inflammatory call could lead to a colossal misunderstanding.

"He has grossly overstepped the boundary on the limitation of how much tolerance decent and peace-loving Malaysians can hold against narrow-minded bigots who are clearly out to sow distrust and instability in multiracial and multi-religious Malaysia.

"Surely, Islam as a virtuous religion does not condone nor teach its adherents to trespass another religion’s holy house with the primary objective of fault finding or creating mischief," he added.

Koo also urged the police to probe Ridhuan for sedition and questioned if his latest call was tantamount to encouraging Muslims to commit identity theft.

"Has this university lecturer even contemplated that the actions he advocates could spiral out control if overzealous spies descend to vigilantism, hooliganism, urging disruption during church services – all of which contravene the law and civilized behaviour?" he added.

If Ridhuan wants to do justice to Islam, Koo said he should reflect on himself, the goodness of Islam and cease his rants against churches.

"Stubbornly persisting to such provocative exhortation not only reflects his bigotry, but worse, does a severe disservice to Islam, a religion which not only speaks of mercy and compassion, but also extols protection for non-Muslim places of worship," he added.