Even parti Islam, when they were in gomen, did not push for imposition of islamic law on malays.
Islamic law will curtail malays to be restricted and forever under the control of clerics who are not elected. It's like putting malays under a theocratic rule. And will cause these religious laws to clash with civil law.
POINT NO 4 There is yet another "problem" with Islamic law. Despite 1,400 years of Islamic history there is no single set of fully written down 'Islamic laws' anywhere in the Muslim world which is agreed to by all the Muslim sects. There is just none.
You cannot walk into a law library in any Islamic country and ask to see a completely written down set of Islamic laws. There was none.
The Turkish people claim that under the 700 years of the Turkish Ottoman Caliphate there was an extensive record of 'Islamic laws' but that has to be fully determined. The Turkish are overwhelmingly Hanafis and the Ottoman Caliphate followed Hanafi jurisprudence.
CONCLUSION :
Here is the real threat.
1. There appears to be an attempt at 'back-door' Federalisation of Islamic religious affairs. Presently in Malaysia, Islamic religious affairs are under the prerogative of the States under the respective Malay Rulers or the State Assemblies (Penang, Melaka, Sabah and Sarawak). This is as per the Federal Constitution.
If any attempt is made to pry open the Constitutional demarcation of religious authority (through things like the RUU355) in the coming years it may evolve further to 'centralising' or 'federalising' religious authority. If that happens then one day we may have our own "ayatollah" type characters. The tok guru fellows are already in place and waiting. In such event the Malay Rulers may lose their Constitutional authority over religious matters in their States. It will not happen tomorrow but you never know what the cat will drag in the day after tomorrow.
2. The bigger threat about religion is that once you put something in place then it becomes difficult (and will take decades) to undo what has been done. For example after 45 years the "Islamic" republic of Iran is crashing into the ground. There will be more violence and suffering in store for them. Be extremely very careful what you wish for
Islamic law will curtail malays to be restricted and forever under the control of clerics who are not elected. It's like putting malays under a theocratic rule. And will cause these religious laws to clash with civil law.
POINT NO 4 There is yet another "problem" with Islamic law. Despite 1,400 years of Islamic history there is no single set of fully written down 'Islamic laws' anywhere in the Muslim world which is agreed to by all the Muslim sects. There is just none.
You cannot walk into a law library in any Islamic country and ask to see a completely written down set of Islamic laws. There was none.
The Turkish people claim that under the 700 years of the Turkish Ottoman Caliphate there was an extensive record of 'Islamic laws' but that has to be fully determined. The Turkish are overwhelmingly Hanafis and the Ottoman Caliphate followed Hanafi jurisprudence.
CONCLUSION :
Here is the real threat.
1. There appears to be an attempt at 'back-door' Federalisation of Islamic religious affairs. Presently in Malaysia, Islamic religious affairs are under the prerogative of the States under the respective Malay Rulers or the State Assemblies (Penang, Melaka, Sabah and Sarawak). This is as per the Federal Constitution.
If any attempt is made to pry open the Constitutional demarcation of religious authority (through things like the RUU355) in the coming years it may evolve further to 'centralising' or 'federalising' religious authority. If that happens then one day we may have our own "ayatollah" type characters. The tok guru fellows are already in place and waiting. In such event the Malay Rulers may lose their Constitutional authority over religious matters in their States. It will not happen tomorrow but you never know what the cat will drag in the day after tomorrow.
2. The bigger threat about religion is that once you put something in place then it becomes difficult (and will take decades) to undo what has been done. For example after 45 years the "Islamic" republic of Iran is crashing into the ground. There will be more violence and suffering in store for them. Be extremely very careful what you wish for
