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Critics slam Selangor's 'hate speech' as mosques prepare to deliver anti-Shia sermon

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The sermon, among others, urges Muslims to be the eyes and ears of the authorities ahead of an important event observed by Shia Muslims. FMTNews

September 5, 2019 5:45 PM

The sermon, prepared by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department ahead of an important Shia occasion next week, describes Shia Muslim beliefs and practices as “deviant”, “heinous”, “nonsense” and “nauseating”.A prominent critic of Islamic authorities said the sermon was tantamount to hate speech against religious minorities.

The sermon comes ahead of Muharram 10 next week, a day marking the death of Hussain, the central figure in Shia Islam who was also the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. Farouk said those who prepared the sermon are ignorant of the power politics in the Muslim world, and how the Shia-Sunni conflict narrative was sparked by Saudi Arabia in the wake of the 1979 Iranian revolution which he said had “sent shivers down the spine of the Saudi monarch”.

 

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