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Raja Petra's Detention Appropriate, Says Ahmad Shabery |
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Friday, 12 September 2008 23:08 |
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(Bernama) -- Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin's detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA) is appropriate as his articles, which allegedly ridiculed Islam and Prophet Muhammad, could stoke anger among Muslims worldwide, Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek said.
He said the government had to act as the blogger's action had touched the sensitivities among Muslims and could undermine national security.
"I hope that Malaysians will look at this positively as the detention is not because the government is against freedom of expression, but rather, it's because the freedom has been abused.
"The blogger has allowed statements which insulted Prophet Muhammad and this is a very sensitive thing to Muslims in the country and worldwide," he told reporters after breaking fast at the Felda Neram Satu Mosque near here.
He was commenting on Raja Petra's detention under the ISA for his article "I promise to be a good, non-hypocritical Muslim" which contained sentences that ridiculed Muslims besides allowing a commentary which ridiculed Islam and Prophet Muhammad with reference to the article "Not all Arabs are descendants of the Prophet" published in the "Malaysia Today" blog.
Commenting further, Ahmad Shabery said the government did not want Raja Petra's action to go the extent of antagonising Muslims worldwide the way the publication of Prophet Muhammad carricature by a Danish daily or the production of the film "Fitna" by a Dutch politician did.
"I hope Muslims in the country support the government's move which serve as a stern warning to whoever is abusing the freedom of expression by allowing people to write, express opinion or make statements that could hurt the feelings of members of a particular faith.
"The government does not want articles written by people in the country to cause anger among Muslims worldwide," he said.
In a related development, he said the government's move to free up access to websites or blogs was to allow freedom of expression.
However, if the sites had postings that could cause racial and religious tension, the government would have no choice but to take action against the bloggers to protect the interest of others, he said.
"In principle, they (the bloggers) are free to write of express opinion... it's just that they should not abuse that freedom," he said.
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bagi tahun 2008 akan di anugerahkan pada ... YM Tantintong Sribri Latukpatuk .... 
what else can they do beside just bullying a nationalist?
just admit la, u r getting desperate now aren't u?