Rebuke religious scholars who ‘politically’ cherry-pick from Quran: academic
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SHAH ALAM – The Malay Muslim community must have the courage and not shy away from calling out Islamic religious scholars who “cherry-pick” from the Holy Quran and Hadith to legitimise wrongdoings, especially corruption, said a local Islamic academic today.
Speaking at a forum titled “Corruption and Hypocrisy in Malay Muslim Politics – The Urgency of Moral-Ethical Transformation”, International Islamic University’s assistant professor Abu Hafiz Salleh Hudin said that Allah condemns those who support wrongdoings even though they are an “ulama” (religious scholar).
“Let’s look at the 1MDB case. All courts found the convict guilty, but these religious individuals are defending him.
“We are not asking them to cheer the imprisonment but his crime is not a small one – it caused losses for the country,” said Abu Hafiz, referring to convicted former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s incarceration.
Speaking at a forum titled “Corruption and Hypocrisy in Malay Muslim Politics – The Urgency of Moral-Ethical Transformation”, International Islamic University’s assistant professor Abu Hafiz Salleh Hudin said that Allah condemns those who support wrongdoings even though they are an “ulama” (religious scholar).
“Let’s look at the 1MDB case. All courts found the convict guilty, but these religious individuals are defending him.
“We are not asking them to cheer the imprisonment but his crime is not a small one – it caused losses for the country,” said Abu Hafiz, referring to convicted former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s incarceration.
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