日期：16/12/2014
雪兰莪暨吉隆坡福建会馆（雪隆福建会馆）今日发表文告（press statement chi）表示全力支持挺身提倡中庸政策及批评极端组织，而遭到新闻部前部长丹斯里再努丁和土著权威及其他极端组织嘲讽的25名杰出马来显要。
自去年第13届全国大选国阵继续执政中央政府后，我国社会氛围似乎堕入种族猜疑、宗教至上、政党混战、经济疲惫的乱象，造成人们对国家前景充满忧虑和不安。极端组织兴风作浪，制造莫须有的所谓宗教危机、散播马来人地位遭受威胁等不确实的言论，从中制造各族群的相互猜疑，伤害我国各民族和谐共处及民主社会的健全发展。
前大马驻荷兰大使拿督法丽达（Datuk Noor Farida Ariffin, former ambassador）与媒体对谈时指出，她“不希望看到发生在巴基斯坦和阿富汗的事情发生在我国，即专业和有才华的人由于极端宗教的升级，对本身和他们家人的前途感到恐慌而离开他们的国家，并随之带走他们的钱财和技术….”；这导致她寻求其他有共同理念的马来同胞联署一份公开信，呼吁理性讨论伊斯兰教在马来西亚的地位。
雪隆福建会馆同意该25名杰出马来显要所提出的观点，即是（一）多元的法律制度已经导致民事法和伊斯兰教法之间的许多冲突和重叠。他们认为有必要检讨我国的伊斯兰刑事法；（二）公众，甚至包括身居高层的政治领导人都缺乏对法律管辖权和宗教当局的实质性权限及执行伊斯兰法的认识。他们指出我国的宪法是至高无上的，任何立法都不能违反宪法；（三）有需要确保公民有权利针对应用伊斯兰教作为我国公共法律和政策来源进行辩论；（四）需要提倡伊斯兰教拥有丰富且多样性的诠释和法学观点的传统；（五）首相需要果断坚持个人领导并委任能引领开放和有条理的辩论和论述有关伊斯兰法的执行的主要领袖，以确保正义得以伸张。
我国极右翼极端组织大马穆斯林联盟（ISMA）和土著权威组织（PERKASA）常指责他人反伊斯兰，反君主制和反马来人，往往破坏了理性讨论和扩大冲突。加上煽动法令阻止了理性开放的讨论，这些都进一步破坏了马来西亚致力于民主原则和法治精神，加深各族偏见。我国中庸开明的马来友族同胞崛起，将遏制极端的势力。
雪隆福建会馆认为我国温和开明的穆斯林是占大多数的，并呼吁各族热爱和平的人民站起来，力挺这25位温和开明的马来同胞。
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Date: 16 December 2014
The Selangor and Kuala Lumpur Hokkien Association released a press statement（press statement eng） today expressing their full support of the 25 prominent Malays personalities who were criticized and ridiculed by the former Information Minister, Tan Sri Zainuddin Maidin, PERKASA and other extremist groups for advancing moderate policies and criticizing extremist organisations.
Since the 13th General Elections last year with Barisan National continue to government the federal government, our country has degenerated into an atmosphere of racial mistrust, religious supremacy, messy confrontation between various political parties, lethargic economic environment; all these have made the public anxious and worried about the future of this nation. Extremist groups have made the groundless proposition that there is a religious crisis, and propagated the baseless notion that the Malays’ position in the country is being threatened, in the process created misunderstanding among the various ethnic communities, and hurting racial harmony and the healthy development of democracy in our country.
Datuk Noor Farida Ariffin, a former ambassador to the Netherlands, in her interview with the mass media said that she did not want to see “what happened in Pakistan and Afghanistan happen to us, where professionals and talented people are so scared of their own future and their families’ future because extremist religion is on the rise and they leave the country taking their money and skills with them”. This has led her to seek fellow like-minded Malays to sign an open letter asking for a rational dialogue on the position of Islam in the country.
The Selangor and Kuala Lumpur Hokkien Association agree with the position stipulated in the open letter by the 25 prominent Malay personalities:
- A plural legal system that has led to many areas of conflict and overlap between civil and shariah laws; they reckon that there is a need to review the Shariah Criminal Offences (SCO) laws of Malaysia.
- The lack of public awareness, even among top political leaders, on the legal jurisdiction and substantive limits of the powers of the religious authorities and administration of Islamic laws; they pointed that the Federal Constitution is the supreme law of the land and any law enacted cannot violate the Constitution.
- The need to ensure the right of citizens to debate the ways Islam is used as a source of public law and policy in this country.
- The need to promote awareness of the rich diversity of interpretive texts and juristic opinions in the Islamic tradition.
- The need for the prime minister to assert his personal leadership as well as appoint key leaders who will, in all fairness, champion open and coherent debate and discourse on the administration of Islamic laws in this country to ensure that justice is done.
The extreme right wing organizations ISMA and PERKASA often accuse others of being anti-Islam, anti-monarchy, and anti-Malay, with the resulting effect of stifling rational discussion and expanding unnecessary conflicts. On top of this, the existing Sedition Act prevents certain forms of rational and open discussion. All these have made our struggle for the implementation of democratic principles and rule of law ever more difficult, and at the same time deepen racial prejudice. The rise of moderate and liberal Malay compatriots would act to contain the forces of extremism.
The Selangor and Kuala Lumpur Hokkien Association believe that moderate and liberal Muslims are in the majority; we call on all those who cherish peace, irrespective of their ethnicity, to come forward to support the 25 moderate and liberal Malay compatriots.