Role of Islam dominates Malaysian election (promises of heaven to voters)

[Khephra]

Role of Islam dominates Malaysian election
By Jahabar Sadiq

MALACCA, Malaysia (Reuters) - The role of Islam looks set to dominate Malaysian elections like never before in the country's 46-year history, as a row brewed over an Islamist opposition leader's promises of heaven to Muslim voters.

New Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi vowed on Sunday he would not flinch from tackling the thorny issue of religion in a multi-faith nation, whose Malay Muslim ethnic majority accounts for around 60 percent of its 25 million people.

"This is an issue that we have to face. We cannot put it aside," Abdullah, himself the son of a respected Islamic scholar, told reporters after a political rally in the southwestern state of Malacca.

"We have to have answers, explanations for the people. Otherwise, there will be views and edicts that are unsuitable, that will influence Muslims, if left unanswered," he said, a day after meeting with 2,000 ulama, Muslim scholars, in Putrajaya, the country's new administrative capital.

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http://www.reuters.com/locales/newsArticle.jsp?type=worldNews&locale=en_IN&storyID=4512466

[Zhade]

1. This is insanity.

"PAS spiritual leader Nik Aziz Nik Mat was quoted by the Star newspaper on Saturday as saying that the Koran states that "those who rally behind Islam are also those who want to live under divine laws laid down by Allah".

"And naturally, they will go to heaven for choosing an Islamic party, while those who support un-Islamic parties will logically go to hell," he said."

Wow. How long until that starts here?

[Khephra]

2. It already has

There's this guy in Indianapolis who ran for office who had a campaign ad that went...

"Vote for (I can't remember the name) or go to HELL!"

He also puts up billboards all over town telling people to repent, trust Jesus, or GO TO HELL.

He always caps the Hell part.

This is NOT a joke. Ask IndianaGreen about it.

[Khephra]

3. I FOUND IT!!!

http://www.reynoldsforcongress.net/

This is his campaign site:

Repent and Believe on Jesus

or

Suffer Torment Forever in the Lake of Fire

---

He doesn't say "vote for me or go to HELL" on the site, but his radio spots did.

[Zhade]

10. Jesus! (pun intended)

"Please send no contributions, as most political contributions, whether from PACS or individuals, are a form of bribery. I answer only to God and his Holy Word in the King James Bible."

Then, in large bold,

Repent and Believe on Jesus

or

Suffer Torment Forever in the Lake of Fire

Sounds like a swell guy to have at a party... :eyes:

[PsychoDad]

8. Our state can be a scarry place sometimes...

This is in Indy, eh? Dang.

We have our own loons here in Souhern In. :silly:

[Zhade]

9. I respect your posts - I believe you when you say it's not a joke.

And that's the scary thing - it CAN happen here.

[Dogmudgeon]

4. The Cure for Neo-Pharasaism

Education.

--bkl

[Khephra]

5. kick

[The Zanti Regent]

6. You have millions of American Xtians who are just as stupid.

They are totally brainwashed by the TV Preachers into the same asinine mindset!

[AP]

7. Take this story with a grain of salt. Malaysia doesn't play ball with west

economically speaking. Big media has a motivation to discredit them.