SUPREME RULEHRH Raja Dr Nazrin Shah, the Raja Muda of Perak made front page entitled “Nip it in the bud” in The New Straits Times, Malaysia’s premier newspaper on Friday 15th January 2010.
Though the advice is a sound one, it should more appropriately be addressed to the Royal members of The Rulers Conference who are the Custodians and supposed Champions of Islam in this Country.
Though the advice is a sound one, it should more appropriately be addressed to the Royal members of The Rulers Conference who are the Custodians and supposed Champions of Islam in this Country.
Under The Constitution, His Majesty the Yang DiPertuan Agong is Head of the religion of the Federation and in the States with Governors or Yang DiPertuas Negeri. The other Sultans, Raja and YamTuan Negeri are the Heads of religion in their respective States.
As at this date, the only Ruler that has come out with a solid statement on the matter of “Allah” being used by non Muslims in their faith is Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah from Selangor who has asked all quarters in his State to ensure that the word “ Allah “ is maintained exclusively for the Muslims.
Twelve days after HRH Sultan Sharafuddin’s statement on this matter had passed, we still have yet to hear from his brother Rulers on the same. Yet the Crown Prince of Perak has come out with a statement calling on “ Muslims to strive to remove controversial matters at the early stage so that they will not spread and cause confrontation. “ Instead of just spitting in the wind, HRH should be more direct by targeting the Heads of Islam before the government, politicians and the Rakyat at large.
It is about time the Rulers became more responsible towards safeguarding Islam to which they are duty-bound under The Constitution, call for an Emergency Rulers Conference, and issue a joint statement on the matter paving the way for a more direct approach by the government and the people of Malaysia.
The time has come for EVERYONE to earn their keep.
DAULAT TUANKU! DAULAT TUANKU! DAULAT TUANKU!
Raja Nazrin seems to have no other work since he became popular by giving long speeches. He talks about Rule of Law, Judiciary, Islamic Banking, Women's lib etc on a weekly basis. I wonder who reads those stuff in our local papers except the boring academicians.'Syok sendiri'.He has said nothing concrete with authority as a Ruler on those topics he seems to enjoy talking about.No wonder nobody pays any regard to his public lectures beyond the lecture -halls.
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