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You're talking about my blood, DAP rep tells mufti in letter
Published:  Jun 26, 2016 7:54 PM
Updated: Jun 27, 2016 3:08 AM

DAP assemblyperson Howard Lee assemblyperson has written to state mufti Abdul Rahman Osman, asking if his recent remark on 'kafir harbi' means Lee's blood can be spilled.

Abdul Rahman last week labelled DAP and non-Muslims who oppose a Private Member's Bill which could pave the way for the implementation of hudud, as kafir harbi.

The term 'kafir harbi' refers to non-Muslims who are at war with Islam, and the killing of such persons is considered permissible.

Scholars of Islamic jurisprudence have spoken against the Pahang mufti's statement, saying it could lead to violence.

"The edict you gave means that it is permissible to spill my blood, as a member of DAP who is entrusted to lead its youth members in Perak.

"According to your edict, too, the blood of my party members who have fought for Malaysians regardless of lineage, religion and gender for 50 years, can also spilled," the Pasir Pinji assemblyperson said in an open letter.

Expressing dismay, Lee said the mufti had slandered DAP and that his "seditious" remark could open the floodgates to an "irreversible catastrophe".

"Imagine if your call as a mufti was taken up by just a tiny fraction of Malaysians. Imagine," he said.

He also questioned how such a statement could be made soon after the release of an Islamic State propaganda video threatening slaughter of non-believers in Malaysia.

"I am giving you the benefit of the doubt and assuming that you made that statement because you don't know DAP very well," he said.

He also cited a verse from the Quran which encourages those from different tribes to get to know one another, to urge the mufti to learn more about DAP.

Kindness and love

Meanwhile, PKR secretary-general Rafizi Ramli in a statement shared a hadith (prophetic tradition) to show how the prophet had treated a non-Muslim man who was hostile to him.

According to the hadith, a blind beggar had constantly told people to stay away from the prophet, whom he said was a charlatan.

However, the prophet fed the beggar by hand every day without introducing himself to the beggar.

When the prophet died, caliph Abu Bakar took up his role and fed the beggar, who soon recognised it was a different person.

Abu Bakar then told the beggar the person who used to feed him was the prophet and that he had died. This prompted the beggar to embrace Islam.

"See how patience and love can bring someone to the right path. Without patience and love, it would be difficult to preach to anyone.

"It is regrettable, then, that some preachers prefer to burden or scold non-Muslims, and mistreat them even when they are also the prophet's people," he said.

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