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KLANG: The Indian community must bear the blame for the incidents in which the authorities demolished Hindu temples because many were built illegally, MIC Chairman S Vigneswaran said today.
Speaking at the MIC’s 74th Annual General Assembly, held at the Wyndham Acmar Hotel in Klang, he said that the community must work together with all relevant parties to help solve the problem of illegally built Hindu temples.
“We have to take care of the future of our temples. We cannot humiliate our gods by breaking statues built to worship them and then expecting others to help when faced with this problem.
“Who humiliates them (the deities)? We are because we are not following SOPs (legal requirements). Instead, we are blaming others, ”he said, adding that Indians should not blame others when they encounter problems building temples without proper approvals from the relevant authorities.
He told delegates that the issue should be resolved once and for all, as the younger generation should not face the problem in the future.
“Let’s not be fundamentalists, Malaysia is a beautiful country. We want it to be resolved and we must all work to resolve it, ”he said.
Vigneswaran added that MIC will hold a symposium involving all parties based in India to find ways to solve the perennial problem and also work out procedures to follow to obtain the necessary permission to build new temples.
On the demolition of Hindu temples in Kedah led by PAS, he said the incident had affected the good relationship between PAS and MIC members.
“Because of this, the way forward (for both parties) is unclear.”
He suggested that before the Kedah government takes any drastic action, it should allow MIC to step in and solve the problem, so as not to jeopardize ties between the two parties.
Meanwhile, Vigneswaran said the party was concerned about the proposal to amend the 1965 Sharia Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act in an attempt to strengthen sharia laws in the country.
“We are concerned about the proposed amendments to control the spread of religions other than Islam,” he said, adding that the party wanted justification for imposing such legal restrictions on other religions.
It also attacked PAS for declaring its intention to manipulate constituencies to favor Malays and Muslims.
“This shows that the main political objective of PAS is to establish an Islamic state. This goes against the goals of our founding fathers to have a secular nation, ”he said.
Last month, commodity and plantation industries minister Khairuddin Aman Razali, who is from PAS, said the Islamist party aims to win a two-thirds majority in the upcoming general election with the help of its allies to return to draw electoral boundaries in some way. that will benefit Muslims.
