Rest assured that after the Lina Joy case, there will be yet another major religious issue that will be taken to the courts this coming September. The Islamoholic received this tip from a little bird who advised yours truly to not reveal too much until the hearing is official. Let us just say that it has nothing to do with any San Diego directory, is designed to be racially-provocative, religiously-offensive against the Muslim community and that this case will be taken to the courts by a group of Islamophobic non-Muslim plainitiffs, represented by the so-called “human rights” lawyer with an angel’s name (but he is certainly no angel!) as their counsel. An ex-Selangor MB is also expected to be part of the defense and the PPI president is representing them as their legal counsel.
Keywords of the day: Kota Kemuning, Cemetery, Gazetted Land, Former Selangor MB.
Perhaps there will be a commentary on that later from yours truly, plus even an English translation to boot. A bit preoccupied with a lot of things at the moment. However The Islamoholic would like to state full solidarity with the press statement by the two largest coalition groups consisting of Islamic NGOs, which are PEMBELA and ACCIN.
More on that later.
A letter in Malaysiakini written by a brother, Mahdar Tahir, regarding the status of non-Muslims in Malaysia interests me greatly. I shall reproduce it here.
Actually, non-Muslim Malaysians are ‘dhimmis’ and for the sake of those who are not familiar with the term, below is brief explanation on the terms relevant to this issue:
Dhimmi: A dhimmi is a free, non-Muslim subject of a state governed in accordance with syariah — Islamic law. A dhimmi is a person of the dhimma a term which refers in Islamic law to a pact contracted between non-Muslims and authorities from their Muslim government.
Dhimmis were allowed to practice their religion, subject to certain conditions and to enjoy a measure of communal autonomy and are guaranteed their personal safety and security of property.
Meanwhile, a harbi is a non-Muslim who does not live under Muslim rule, as opposed to a dhimmi. The harbi is the inhabitant of the Dar al Harb - a state governed not in accordance with shariah. A harbi has no rights. If a harbi wants to enter the territory of Muslims (Dar al-Islam) he needs a safe conduct agreement called aman (in modern days called a visa).
As such, non-Muslims in Malaysia are definitely dhimmis.
Of course, that is only true up to a certain point. There are the dhimmis in the country who are, although protected as citizens of this nation, have sadly adopted the attitude of the harbi. Unfortunately as it stands according to Shariah, as long as these non-Muslims in question remain a citizen of the country, they will be protected and regarded as dhimmis, non-Muslims who are protected by the Muslim majority.