KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 – The illegal rally Bersih 4.0, which will be held this weekend not only contradicts the teachings of Islam, and even lead to the destruction with invited sins, according to an academic. Senior Lecturer, Department of Al-Quran and Al-Sunnah, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Dr Fadlan Mohd Othman said although some thought the rally was to voice their discontent to the government, it still violates Islamic law.
“Usually at the beginning of the rally looks peaceful atmosphere but at the last moment possible there would be uproar as removing abusive language at the expense of harmony and safety of the public. The assembly is also jeopardized the livelihood of the business community have to bear the destruction and loss of property caused commotion as Bersih rally before,” he told Bernama.
“The organizers of the fair to think constructively and try to find the best solution than choosing to hold this rally. If we want to criticize a leader, we should turn to the Qur’an and the Hadith, because in Islam, if we want to point it out to let the leaders by prudence (facing the leader), select an existing policy to criticize and not in public so degrading leader,” Fadlan who is also the chairman of the Young Scholars Association Malaysia (Science).
“At the same time, the leaders also need to give people an opportunity to express their feelings without proper channels for people to be more emotional and expressed in inappropriate places such as social media such as Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp. This will affect the name good leaders themselves as heads of state. The rally indirectly interfere with peoples’ emotions and makes them confused while those who should be more rational and better appreciate the meaning of independence, “he said.
Police repeatedly advised the public not to join Bersih 4.0 rally was illegal because the law does not qualify when the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) does not allow the rally in the capital on Independence Square in particular. Meawile, Dataran Merdeka was also the venue for the celebration of the National Day 2015 on 31 August.
