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YOUR OPINION | “We hope that religious figures will set a good example for us sinners to follow.”
‘Don’t sensationalize cases involving religious figures’ – PAS deputy minister
IndigoKite6964: A preacher, regardless of whether he is a celebrity or not, commits a violation, and if other members of the faith (clergy or congregation) find out through the news, they can follow suit.
That’s what Ahmad Marzuk Shaary, PAS deputy minister for religious affairs, says.
For me, what Marzuk is saying is that Islamic religious figures are not accountable to anyone or to the law. Is that the teaching you are giving Muslims with the added authority as deputy religious minister?
In my books, religious figures who commit crimes must receive twice the punishment on earth so that the congregation knows that what has been done is wrong and that clergy are subject to a higher law than the country’s penal code.
This is how trust is built in religious figures and institutions, not hiding it as Marzuk postulates.
Appum: Does any religion teach its followers to allow their religious leaders, priests, monks, utahs to commit acts that are forbidden by their teachings and if they have, just not “sensationalize” these issues?
My dear PAS Deputy Minister, you can follow your own standard of morality, especially the religious one, but we don’t have to listen to such nonsense.
From what I can see, like Buddhist monks in Thailand, if they behave and do bad deeds, they are publicly shamed, immediately undressed, and people there totally despise them.
What are you so scared of? That your religion and your followers are so weak that exposure will threaten religion?
Jetson: Why hide the naked facts when religious people commit such crimes? Who are we trying to protect? The criminal, the victim, or religion?
Somehow (the media reporting such news) gives courage to the poor and innocent victims of such activities to come forward rather than suffer in silence.
It also shows that religion does not make man, but respects human principles and values.
Corruption, incest, rape, baby abandonment, drug use, and many other evils are still active in our nation, even after billions of dollars have been invested in religious activities.
So why hide the truth? Awake. We have to find more effective ways to overcome these evils, rather than sweeping them under the rug every time they are exposed. We have to eliminate the evils of our society.
Coward: As someone who claims to represent their religion, our deputy minister should be out there reinforcing the message that Islam does not condone wrongdoing and will not tolerate wrongdoers or preachers.
Instead, he is trying to use religion to sweep criminal activities under the rug.
It should learn of the Catholic Church’s attempt to cover up the sexual deviations of its priests. By sweeping it under the rug, they made the situation worse, and only when the sun was shining were corrective action taken.
Mat MD: Criminal cases involving religious figures should be widely reported as a means to dishonor and humiliate them for their despicable acts and to deter others from committing the same crimes.
Religious figures are expected to be pious, righteous, possessing adequate religious knowledge, to guide people to the right path and prevent them from committing evil.
It is not correct to state that since they have not been proven guilty for the alleged crimes, it is not correct for the alleged crimes to be widely reported.
If they feel that they have been slandered and wrongly accused, they have the right to refute and absolve themselves. Criminals should not be protected or allowed to hide from justice.
New day: Too many times alleged crimes of a sexual nature committed by public figures were covered up. Too many times these people don’t change their bad habits and continue to indulge in them because their transgressions are being covered up.
However, here you are warning that Islam says that such criminal activities should be covered up as others may start to do the same because of publicity. No. People perpetuate actions like sexual predation because they think they can get away with it, as they are continually undercover!
We need exposure, not cover-ups. It is amazing that in 2021 we have elected officials with great responsibility promoting such cover-ups.
Malaysia is surreal art that you can buy: It would be interesting to know if the “other people” that Marzuk suggests they can “learn and try” are ordinary people, or more specifically, religious teachers and preachers. I hope you refer to the former. Either way, what a sad and humble perception he has of humanity as a whole.
Following the logic of the vice minister, Malaysiakini Perhaps you should stop presenting incredible comments from scandalous people in leadership positions, lest the masses may be tempted to “learn and try.” What a disaster would the nation then be.
Vijay47: I’m sorry, Marzuk, before I had read only the other article in which you had exposed your profound knowledge of the union between man and woman, in the same erudite line as your friend Zakir Naik, the internationally renowned student of comparative religion, especially in Mumbai. . I did not know that your experience also extended to the psychology of journalism and crime, undoubtedly this inspired by Dostoevsky.
So, according to his latest treaty, the commission of a crime is accentuated by reports about the crime. Thus, allegations of rape, sexual abuse, and similar unsolicited intimacy only serve to encourage more people to jump on the train.
He urges the media not to advertise preachers, famous and not so famous, lest others be inclined to follow suit. When you say “others,” are you referring to the man or woman on the street or other preachers? What category do you fall into?
However, there seems to be method in your madness. Do not report it and it will not repeat itself, it will simply fade away like old soldiers.
What is the scope of your advice? Are there things that can be reported? Should newspapers and Malaysiakini Be banned? Incest, corruption, drug use, incest, abandoned babies, 1MDB, should they also be kept under the bushel?
Just fix it: There is simply no logic in Marzuk’s argument. Why should religious figures be exempted? Does this man think before he speaks? Are you finding ways to destroy your own credibility?
What did you think the result of your statement would be? People joining hands and accepting his ridiculous perspective and thanking him for his wisdom?
This is really amazing.
OrangePanther1466: People who present themselves as holy men and provide a moral compass to a certain segment of society must not betray confidence in the role they intend to play.
They must not only act, but must be seen to uphold the highest level of probity and character. If they betray that role and trust, then the public has a right to know, as it is certainly newsworthy.
This deputy minister of the PAS is only protecting the members or supporters of his party, which I assume are the two defendants mentioned in the report.
Head hunter: The opposite is true. Those holier than you who commit crimes should be exposed for what they are: charlatans. Nor would exposing them be a parody of their victims and their religions.
We hope that religious figures set a good example for us sinners to follow. Not exposing them would be like giving them the license to continue.
To God the Glory: In fact, the fact that a well-known religious figure, who is supposed to exhibit the highest moral standards, is involved in an alleged crime is in itself sensational news … whether we like it or not.
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