Malaysia to video-tape mosques sermons

Ulhas Joglekar uvj at vsnl.com
Mon Nov 11 08:17:07 PST 2002


Todd Archer wrote:


> Ulhas quoted:
>
> >"This is not to punish the imams, but to clear the air over the issue >of
> >imams abusing their position and disseminating anti-government messages
> >through their sermons," Kedah Chief Minister Syed Razak Syed Zain, was
> >reported as saying by the New Straits Times.
> >Any imams found guilty will be told to quit their post.
>
> Wow! "We don't want to punish you, but we will anyway." Are the imams
> licensed by the government to be allowed to preach in the first place?

I don't know, but will post it, if I find something on the subject.

Ulhas



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