The Gabungan Parti Sarawak Backbenchers Club said the Sarawak state government has been vocal and consistent on its position pertaining to unity and religious freedom all this while as well as on the recent High Court’s ruling. — Picture by Hari AnggaraKUCHING, March 17 — The Sarawak government has never changed its stand on religious freedom and supports the use of the word “Allah” for God by Christians in the state, lawmakers from the ruling coalition asserted today.
It said this has been evident through various statements made by GPS leaders in their reactions to the use of the word in the past week as well as in the past when the late Tan Sri Adenan Satem was Sarawak chief minister. “What he is doing is politicising the issue, using it to gain political mileage,” the GPS backbenchers said.
It also said the Sarawak government has practised what it preaches about religious tolerance and inclusiveness as can be seen in the establishment of the Unit for Other Religions under the Chief Minister’s Department. He expressed his concern that GPS has decided to remain stoically silent and passive on such a critical matter.
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