This is why a mualim (muslim jurist/scholar) like Nik Aziz cannot be trusted as a politician. Instead of apologising for equating Muslims who are members of UMNO and Muslims who support UMNO with 'Ayah Pin', Nik Aziz says, "It could be (interpreted as seditious) because I said nationalists and communists were the same in a figurative way. It is the same with deviationist teachings, (to me) all concepts that reject Islam, we call it deviationist." (see http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/30644-nik-aziz-ceramah-not-seditious).
While any teaching that rejects Islam is deviationist, Nik Aziz went too far by suggesting that UMNO and its supporters were no longer part of the fold, equating them to Ayah Pin.
While any teaching that rejects Islam is deviationist, Nik Aziz went too far by suggesting that UMNO and its supporters were no longer part of the fold, equating them to Ayah Pin.
Thus, what he said was tantamount to sedition.
Differences in juristic opinion on the administration of Islamic law cannot be considered deviationist. But in politics, it would seem that anything is fair game.
Differences in juristic opinion on the administration of Islamic law cannot be considered deviationist. But in politics, it would seem that anything is fair game.
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