What are being taught by the MTA are the true teachings of Islam.
zunan
December 24, 2013 @ 02:12:02AM
MTA does not conduct Tahlil recitations for the 3rd, 7th day and so on because it has a principle, while those who do conduct the Tahlil etc are free to continue doing so and there is no need to force the disbanding of the MTA.
endro
October 29, 2013 @ 04:10:44AM
This is nothing new. The fact that MTA and other belief groups are not being accepted is only based on the tahlilan ritual. MUI should be firm and issue a fatwa on the tahlilan ritual clarifying whether it is indeed in the teachings of Islam or Hindu.
Armin
October 28, 2013 @ 09:10:07PM
Tolerance should be balanced.
khalid
November 25, 2012 @ 01:11:29AM
Life cycle ceremonies, commemoration of the dead etc. Did the prophets ever demand that we do these things? If so, where are the relevant verses? Are they authentic?
Lee Hock Beng
July 18, 2012 @ 11:07:44PM
I like the balanced and impartial reporting, which I will not get in any of the official Malaysian news media. The issue as I see it is between the literalist or fundamentalist of the scripture and the liberal. I prefer the liberal as it gives due cognizance to reasoning which itself is God given. I think the comments of Hasan misses the point about the fundamentalist. Are they able to engage in a reasoning and discussions? I suspect they are not able to. In most cases when confronted with a different view point the approach will be to condemn and kill. There lies the problem.
hasan syuaiby
July 3, 2012 @ 01:07:45AM
If we're talking about mutual respect, especially as fellow Muslims, we should be understanding if members of MTA are invited to a life-cycle ceremony but choose not to attend. We should not feel offended because we all have a scripture which outlines whether something is right in the eyes of the Prophet, even if it is a hereditary tradition (like the life-cycle ceremonies).
zainal
September 30, 2013 @ 01:09:49AM
Only those who do not understand are disgracing MTA because to do so is the nature of those without faith. Keep it up my MTA brothers. We would not be swayed under threat of death, let alone rejection because alive or dead we are Allah's.
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