P. Ramlee was right..... most all of his movies were about making jokes & funny things about Sultan.

Many Muslims today do not respect the views and authority and in fact question the Sultan heads of the Islamic religious councils.......

By Shannon Teoh,The Malaysian Insider

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — The federal Islamic development agency claimed today that many Muslim do not respect the authority of the Malay Rulers who are heads of religions for their respective states.

On the eve of a planned gathering of a million Muslims to defend the faith, the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) prepared a Friday sermon that accused some parties of putting political interests ahead of the religion.

“Many Muslims today do not respect the views and authority and in fact question the Sultan heads of the Islamic religious councils.

“The sanctity of the faith has been politicised and the split among Muslims has affected the function and role of the councils,” said the sermon titled “State Islamic religious councils drive the transformation of the faithful”.

The sermon added that the councils are looked down on and seen to be mere government agencies, causing their authority over religious matters to be ignored.

Professor Dr Abdul Aziz Bari was suspended by the International Islamic University (IIU) this week as police investigate allegations that he had disrespected the Selangor Sultan.

Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah had decreed recently that the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) had found evidence of proselytisation by non-Muslims during a dinner held at the Damansara Utama Methodist Church (DUMC) on August 3 but said it was insufficient for further legal action.

Abdul Aziz had said the intervention was “unusual and inconsistent” and should have been done in line with Islamic teachings, causing a furore in Parliament among Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs who urged that action be taken against the law professor.

Although a police report has been lodged against him, the outspoken academician has decided against apologising for his remarks, insisting he had not meant to challenge the Sultan.

The sermon said the erosion of Islam’s dignity “cannot happen without being implicitly planned.”

The Himpunan Sejuta Umat (Himpun), or Gathering of a Million Faithful, is being organised by various right-wing groups such as Perkasa to rally Muslims against the “challenge of Christianisation” on the back of alleged proselytising by Christians.

Comments (32)..

written by TSB, October 21, 2011 19:36:14

As far as Najib is concerned winning election is more important than respecting the Sultan. ...

written by Malay Gentile, October 21, 2011 19:15:28

The late P. Ramlee was right..... most all of his movies were about making jokes & funny things about Sultan.

Hahahahaha.... ...

written by neilahmad, October 21, 2011 18:41:35

Absolutely correct! The answer can be found in Perak and now Selangor is following closely. ..

written by rpete, October 21, 2011 18:16:09

monarchy is out of date today & all humans should be born equal...I can't believe people still believed in monarchy system...is time to change to Republic of Malaysia now...useless Sultans are all blood suckers without any contribution... ..

written by Vivarium, October 21, 2011 18:02:59

Jakim, are you targeting at Mahathir ? ...

written by Saint, October 21, 2011 17:53:29

Tok Guru (Ketantan MB) is a great Muslim, well respected by ALL (Muslims and non Muslims). Now tell me how many of the UMNO led goons are comparable to him, that needs our respect? ...

written by Change!Just Do It!, October 21, 2011 17:29:04

Could it be due to the reason that people are not sure whether the words reportedly coming out of the Sultan's mouth are truly really his or by some UMNO speech and letter writer? ...

written by Kasim, October 21, 2011 17:16:24

aiman & Meh, your comments exposed you as the bigots that you are. Did you even listen to the sermon? I listened to the one at the National Mosque, and surprisingly to me, it contain a lot of advice directed at the religious councils. It actually sounded like the khatib admonished the councils for and insinuated that the councils were not staffed with qualified people! If it was Jakim that prepared the text, then kudos to them, though I think it's more likely that someone changed the text between the time it was released by Jakim and being read at the altar! ...

written by AndyL, October 21, 2011 17:07:13

Is Jakim above politics??? Is Royalty above politics??? You must earn the respect of people from your actions/behaviour!!! People will see and watch what your actions and behaviour!! ..

written by blue tosca, October 21, 2011 17:06:53

totally agree with JAKIM 100%, the main culprit is UMNO la. So at your perhimpunan please gather all umno and perkasa member to the front stage. get them to bend down and give each of them 10 stroke of rotan in the bud on behalf of the malay ruler. im sure after that they will "insaf" repent and respect the ruler. ...

written by Poyolahkau, October 21, 2011 17:05:52

Why would I respect the monarchy who kow-tow to thugs like PERKASA, UMNO and PEKIDA?

In the UK, any misbehaviour of the Royal Family is criticised publicly in their media. But here in Malaysia, the Royal Families can kill anyone they like, sleep with any girl they want, take any land in the State without compensation, sell Royal titles to the highest bidder, and the list goes on.

And the only thing the Rakyat will say is "AMPUN TUANKU" even though they did nothing wrong and in fact, it is the Royal Families who had done many illegal and unislamic things. ..

written by Fart Fart Wah, October 21, 2011 17:03:36

How to respect..fighting and divorcing women..marrying foreign women..messing around bangali girl..they have nothing much to contribute to the rakyat..but bully the gomen for more contracts...Aiya not in the Koran..where Koran got say must worship and kiss the sultan's ass..?? ...

written by poor tan, October 21, 2011 16:59:47

the time will come they all will be gone

meanwhile they collect everything for themself and we keep on paying taxes.

We are 1 malaysia. ...

written by Admiral Tojo, October 21, 2011 16:59:15

RESPECT IS EARNED AND NOT FORCED DOWN THE THROAT. JAKIM MORONS Shalom ...

written by Positive Freak, October 21, 2011 16:55:46

Long time already la, they have lost all respects not only from the moslems but the nons too. Time for this reduntant sultans to be banished to kingdom come. ...

written by stk, October 21, 2011 16:54:48

What is that the Sultam need to be respected in the first place? They are nothing but free loaders,they whack the forest,they carhoot with umno to whack the govt contracts even the former respected CJ now a sultan preached but do the opposite. ...

written by nocha libre, October 21, 2011 16:51:54

I wonder if JAKIM knows that RESPECT have to be EARNED and not to be DEMANDed. ...

written by My_2_cents, October 21, 2011 16:50:40

They have yet to justify their positions and earn their privileges. ..

written by Badut Nasional, October 21, 2011 16:43:32

Have seen many Prince and Princess party raba-raba jolly togok mabuk while overseas far away from Bolehland!!!

Respek that... ...

written by Nawi Bin Abdullah, October 21, 2011 16:42:21

Dear All,

The Sultans were exposed naked by UMNO who then told the rakyat not to respect these misbehaved rulers. The Sultans themselves do not live by Muslim principles; i.e. womanising, gambling, drinking, killing, etc etc. So how do you want the rakyat to react? Jakim is a confusing lot? Jakim also arrests Muslims of different sects.

Oh my god!

Regards,

NBA ..

written by eloofk, October 21, 2011 16:37:02

It is Not that the muslims dont respect the Sultans but they have lost it themselves, so dont blame the muslims for their misfortune!!!

Be distinguished and dignified at all times being a Royalty to earn the Rakyat's respect, not only the muslims, but also other races of different religious in their sovereign States!!! ...

written by Badut Nasional, October 21, 2011 16:35:42

That Maha Thir was the prominent one!..

written by Hantu Jembalang TV3, October 21, 2011 16:33:11

Tell us something we dont know... ...

written by Lola Pipa, October 21, 2011 16:29:44

i hate the monarchy, they are a waste of our tax money.A burden.Any authority that relies on donations and handouts yet,the only job there is is cutting ribbons and sit on his throne is not a responsible person. ...

written by earthman, October 21, 2011 16:25:10

How often we heard that respect must be earned? But somehow a group calling themselves the defender of their race and religion demand that you respect them because they are born a special class above the rest. . Its only right that Jakim and its masters deserved no respect after failing to defend all. ...

written by Meh, October 21, 2011 16:24:17

another joke from JAKIM...

written by aiman , October 21, 2011 16:23:57

Dei Dungu JAKIM..... if the Sultans live by example the Islam tenets, I am sure not only the muslims but also the non-muslims will respect them ...

written by Lola Pipa, October 21, 2011 16:23:44

i hate the monarchy, they are a waste of our tax money.A burden. ..

written by malchindian, October 21, 2011 16:22:34

“Many Muslims today do not respect the views and authority and in fact question the Sultan heads of the Islamic religious councils.

This is alarming! But which one? ..

written by arazak, October 21, 2011 16:20:37

How can you expect people who are freeloading and at the same time become the puppet of a tyrant regime be respected by the people?

In fact Toon Mamak Kutty, the father of all tyrant leaders in this country had even asked the people to be "durhaka" to the Royalty if they "misbehave"!

Do you expect the people to support them if people have to pay the expenses for the gambling and drinking binge of the supposed to be the Head of Islam? Seriously?

By the way, when the Malay says, "daulat Tuanku", it means, I am lower than your shoe soles. Sorry folks, all man are born equal (and this is what my Creator, Allah SWT, said too) . . ., I am no lower than anybody soles! ...

written by chinping, October 21, 2011 16:19:29

The head honcho is Dr. Mamakutty! ...

written by Wilson, October 21, 2011 16:09:30

Can you blame any of them for not having reverence.....when they allow themselves to be made a tool of umno.......after all wasn't it umno who stripped them of their powers......