Kadir Jasin: Corruption and rape is more sinful than drinking liquor
THE sin incurred by consuming alcoholic beverage is way lesser than those who indulge themselves in corruption and abuse of power, said former Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) leader A Kadir Jasin.
“Those who embrace corruption, abuse their authority, swindle public funds to purchase luxury vehicles, rape and sodomise others will suffer greater punishment compared to those who consume alcohol.
“But if our Malay-Muslim leaders wish to ‘get high’ on debating and arguing on liquor, no one can say anything as it’s their choice. Besides, it requires very little thought process,” he said in a Facebook post.
Last week, the award-winning local liquor brand Timah got embroiled in a controversy after several groups called it being disrespectful to the Malays and Muslims.
Majlis Perundingan Pertubuhan Islam Malaysia (MAPIM) president Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid said that using the name Timah for a whiskey brand was insulting Muslims, claiming Timah was short for Fatimah, who was Prophet Muhammad’s daughter.
Does Captain Speedy look like Fatimah?
He also argued that the image of the bearded man on the bottle resembled a Muslim man in a kopiah.
“More insolent is the liquor’s advertisement uses the image of a man in kopiah with a long beard as if showing the someone with Muslim image is promoting liquor,” Azmi was reported saying.
Surprisingly, even the Consumer Association of Penang (CAP) took offence to the whiskey brand, claiming it was insulting to Muslims.
“Apart from the alcohol content, CAP does not understand how the ministry could approve the name and image (of the product) which can cause anger,” its education officer NV Subbarow added.
However, the company hit back at its critics, saying that the man featured on the bottle was not a Muslim man but a British officer named Tristram Charles Sawyer Speedy, or more popularly known as Captain Speedy.
Respect multi-racial Malaysia
Touching on the issue, Kadir said that people should understand that every community in the world had their own way of brewing alcoholic beverage, including the Malays.
“The Malays of the past used to brew an alcoholic beverage called tuak. However, with the arrival of Islam, very seldom we here the Malays consuming alcohol.
“More insolent is the liquor’s advertisement uses the image of a man in kopiah with a long beard as if showing the someone with Muslim image is promoting liquor,” Azmi was reported saying.
Surprisingly, even the Consumer Association of Penang (CAP) took offence to the whiskey brand, claiming it was insulting to Muslims.
“Apart from the alcohol content, CAP does not understand how the ministry could approve the name and image (of the product) which can cause anger,” its education officer NV Subbarow added.
However, the company hit back at its critics, saying that the man featured on the bottle was not a Muslim man but a British officer named Tristram Charles Sawyer Speedy, or more popularly known as Captain Speedy.
Respect multi-racial Malaysia
Touching on the issue, Kadir said that people should understand that every community in the world had their own way of brewing alcoholic beverage, including the Malays.
“The Malays of the past used to brew an alcoholic beverage called tuak. However, with the arrival of Islam, very seldom we here the Malays consuming alcohol.
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As Malaysia is a multi-cultural society, he reminded the right-wing groups that certain communities consume alcohol in their daily lives as a normal thing.
“For good Muslims, alcohol has never been a problem as Islam bars us from consuming it and no one can force us to do otherwise. If you want to consume Timah, do it quietly but just don’t drive after that.
“In my opinion, it’s way better for one to consume alcohol than sexually assaulting innocent tahfiz school pupils or molesting underaged girls,” Kadir stated. – Oct 23, 2021
“For good Muslims, alcohol has never been a problem as Islam bars us from consuming it and no one can force us to do otherwise. If you want to consume Timah, do it quietly but just don’t drive after that.
“In my opinion, it’s way better for one to consume alcohol than sexually assaulting innocent tahfiz school pupils or molesting underaged girls,” Kadir stated. – Oct 23, 2021
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