MM Online -Putrajaya to investigate Malaysiakini for linking Zakir Naik to terrorism
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KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 — News portal Malaysiakini will be investigated by the Communications and Multimedia Ministry for linking controversial Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik to terrorism, minister Datuk Seri Salleh Said Keruak vowed.
Malay language daily Utusan Malaysia today quoted Salleh saying the ministry is mulling to take action on the portal after it published allegedly “rude” readers’ comments that “offended the sensitivities” of Muslims.
“We will investigate and use what powers we have to take action,” he was quoted telling the daily.
Salleh did not state which offence had been committed by Malaysiakini that merited an investigation.
Salleh’s remark came following pressure from Islamist and Malay groups such as Jaringan Melayu Malaysia (JMM), Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) dan Perkasa urging a strong response against so-called insults against Islam.
Bangladeshi English-language newspaper The Daily Star reported that Rohan Imtiaz and Nibras Islam, two of the terrorists involved in attack in Dhaka that killed 20, were social media followers of Dr Zakir.
The report said one of the terrorists, Rohan Imtiaz, had last year posted on Facebook quoting Dr Zakir “urging all Muslims to be terrorists”.
Dr Zakir has since admitted that a video clip of his speech purportedly exhorting “every Muslim to be a terrorist” was not altered, after previously claiming parts of the video was doctored.
Malay language daily Utusan Malaysia today quoted Salleh saying the ministry is mulling to take action on the portal after it published allegedly “rude” readers’ comments that “offended the sensitivities” of Muslims.
“We will investigate and use what powers we have to take action,” he was quoted telling the daily.
Salleh did not state which offence had been committed by Malaysiakini that merited an investigation.
Salleh’s remark came following pressure from Islamist and Malay groups such as Jaringan Melayu Malaysia (JMM), Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) dan Perkasa urging a strong response against so-called insults against Islam.
Bangladeshi English-language newspaper The Daily Star reported that Rohan Imtiaz and Nibras Islam, two of the terrorists involved in attack in Dhaka that killed 20, were social media followers of Dr Zakir.
The report said one of the terrorists, Rohan Imtiaz, had last year posted on Facebook quoting Dr Zakir “urging all Muslims to be terrorists”.
Dr Zakir has since admitted that a video clip of his speech purportedly exhorting “every Muslim to be a terrorist” was not altered, after previously claiming parts of the video was doctored.
So what the f**k for, especially more so when Zakir Naik himself has admitted that a video clip of his speech purportedly exhorting “every Muslim to be a terrorist” was not altered?
Earlier, the IGP of Malaysia has announced that he will review Zakir’s sermons and speeches made in India and Bangladesh before deciding whether or not police would take action. That probably meant he (IGP) is waiting for a signal from Putrajaya, wakakaka.
Additionally, Indian and Bangladeshi authorities are investigating the TV preacher after the terror attack in Dhaka. His Peace TV channel has been banned by both countries.
So why is the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Ministry so f**king kay-poe (being an irrelevant busybody) to defend a foreigner to the extent it would waste time investigating a Malaysian news portal for publishing news about a foreigner, when the home country of that preacher is already investigating him?
Have you dumbskulls got it yet, that you should be investigating the speeches of the Indian preacher instead of a Malaysian news portal?
And don't be so f**king kay-poe to waste taxpayers' money. If Malaysiakini has slandered Zakir Naik, let that Indian preacher sue Malaysiakini - that's not your f**king job!
Instead the Ministry (ie. if it wants to be so kay-poe) could have achieved something commendable by defending, say for example, Julian Assange for being arbitrarily and unlawfully detained by Sweden and the United Kingdom (as announced by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention), Lim Guan Eng for being badmouthed incessantly by BN politicians and media mouthpieces, and even (wakakaka) Muhyiddin Yassin, our Hunk Monthly centre-page model for salacious gossip about him.
Is there something about Zakir Naik that we aren't aware of. Perhaps he has become a recent bumiputera-rized Malaysian, a relative of some local mufti or of a senior minister or perhaps the great grandfather of the Perkasa-ans and Isma-ians?
Is there something about Zakir Naik that we aren't aware of. Perhaps he has become a recent bumiputera-rized Malaysian, a relative of some local mufti or of a senior minister or perhaps the great grandfather of the Perkasa-ans and Isma-ians?
Don't bloody waste my tax for his benefits!
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