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Perkasa calls video producers ‘rude’, insists on action over ‘Allah’ clip

(MM) - Perkasa has described the producers of “That Effing Show” as “rude” youths who do not respect the president of the Malay rights group and the “sensitivities” of others, claiming that they lack knowledge of the country’s Federal Constitution and independence.
When contacted yesterday, Perkasa secretary-general Syed Hassan Syed Ali also insisted that the government should take action on those running the online satirical show over their video clip last week on the “Allah” controversy.

“These youths are rude, kurang ajar (lack manners), don’t know what is the Constitution, what is independence,” he told The Malay Mail Online.

“(They) don’t know how to show respect, memainkan (poking fun at) the president of Perkasa,” he added, referring to Datuk Ibrahim Ali.

He was asked for a response to the online satirical show’s anchorman Ezra Zaid’s remarks on Friday in a new video titled “Perkasa Terasa”, which mocked Perkasa’s Perak chapter for going to the police over another video clip on the “Allah” controversy.

Syed Hassan then took a jab at Ezra’s father Zaid Ibrahim, a former Umno minister who had reportedly left politics.

“These kids need to be taught but the problem is the one who is teaching them is also a liberal, someone who dreams day and night...has no place in NGOs and (political) parties,” he said, agreeing that he was referring to Zaid.

Zaid himself had called for Perkasa to be denounced and attempted to draw similarities between the group and the German Nazis, but Ibrahim had in reply thanked him for the publicity and recognition given to Perkasa.

Syed Hassan explained that Perkasa had lodged a police report over the earlier video titled “Allah, Apa Lagi?” by “That Effing Show” as it had allegedly insulted a Court of Appeal ruling and Islam.

“We want the government, the authorities to take action. This video insults the court,” he said, adding that the video clip contained a line that had also “insulted Islam”.

When asked about Ezra’s tongue-in-cheek comments that “That Effing Show” and Perkasa shared a lot in common including Ibrahim’s alleged liking for comedy, Syed Hassan reminded the show’s producers that the Malay rights group had a large membership of around 500,000 people.

He also claimed that Perkasa had over 3 million supporters, citing a survey by Merdeka Center which he said showed that over 70 per cent of the local Malays supported the organisation — despite the pollster’s clarification that the poll was on Perkasa’s demands for the maintenance of quotas and economic protection for the Malays.

“Don’t insult Perkasa, Perkasa is not Ibrahim Ali only,” Syed Hassan said, pointing to the group’s strength in numbers.

“Don’t challenge Perkasa, we will teach all of these budak (kids),” he said.

According to a Bernama report on Wednesday, Perkasa’s Perak chapter lodged a police report on “That Effing Show’s” 95th episode that was aired on YouTube on October 25, claiming it mocked the Court of Appeal’s decision on “Allah”.

Its head Mohd Hafez Mubin Mohd Salleh together with 10 other Perkasa members lodged the report at the Ipoh police headquarters in Ipoh, at 1.44pm, the report said.

Mohd Hafez reportedly said that the six minutes, 30 second clip, titled “Allah, Apa Lagi?”, showed disrespect to the sensitivities of Muslims here.

Over 30 members of Perkasa’s Selangor branch had similarly lodged a police report on Friday over the same “Allah, Apa Lagi?” clip, news portal Sinar Harian reported yesterday.

Selangor Perkasa chief Abu Bakar Yahya reportedly claimed that the video had touched on the sensitivities of the Malays and local Muslim community, saying that he hoped the authorities would take stern action.

Last month, the Court of Appeal ruled that the Home Ministry’s decision to ban the use of the word in the Herald was justified, finding that the use of the word “Allah” was not integral to the practice of the Christian faith.

The ruling— which overturned an earlier High Court decision that the ban was unconstitutional — has since sparked confusion over the use of the Middle Eastern word by Christians in their worship, especially with conflicting opinions within the government itself on how far the ruling would affect practising Christians.

Churches in Sabah and Sarawak have said that they will continue their age-old practice of referring to God as “Allah” in their worship and in their holy scriptures.

Several ministers also said recently that the 10-point solution issued by Putrajaya in 2011 — which allows the printing, importation and distribution of the Al-Kitab, the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Christian bible, containing the word “Allah” — should stand, despite the appellate court ruling.

The Najib administration issued the 10-point solution shortly before the Sarawak state election in 2011 to end a Home Ministry blockade of shipments of Christian holy scriptures in the Malay language containing the word “Allah”.

The Cabinet, through Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jala, had stated in the resolution that the large Bumiputera Christian population in Sabah and Sarawak could use their holy books in the Malay, Indonesian, and indigenous languages.

PopTeeVee says will cooperate with police after Perkasa reports against ‘Allah’ episode

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Hardesh Singh, PopTeeVee founder and executive producer, also said today that PopTeeVee and the Malay right-wing group share “an equal passion in building a better Malaysia”, thus showing more proof that “there is even more in common” between the two.

“We have only heard about Perkasa lodging police reports via the press. If this is true we will cooperate with the authorities if and when required,” Hardesh said in a statement today.

“Perkasa works for what they believe makes for a better Malaysia. We believe in following the footsteps of our experienced and passionate leaders in doing the same,” he added.

After Perkasa lodged police reports against “That Effing Show”, the online satirical show aired another video last Thursday, where anchorman Ezra Zaid said tongue-in-cheek that the show had “a lot in common” with Perkasa, such as sharing a love for comedy with Perkasa chief Datuk Ibrahim Ali, whom he said was described by Wikipedia as a “comedian”.

Perkasa secretary-general Syed Hassan Syed Ali then described the producers of “That Effing Show” as “rude” youths who did not respect Ibrahim and the “sensitivities” of others.

He also said that Perkasa had lodged a police report over the earlier video titled “Allah, Apa Lagi?” by “That Effing Show” as it had allegedly insulted a Court of Appeal ruling and Islam.

According to a Bernama report on Wednesday, Perkasa’s Perak chapter lodged a police report on “That Effing Show’s” 95th episode that was aired on YouTube on October 25, claiming it mocked the Court of Appeal’s decision on the “Allah” issue.

Perkasa Perak chief Mohd Hafez Mubin Mohd Salleh reportedly said that the six minutes, 30 second clip, titled “Allah, Apa Lagi?”, disrespected the sensitivities of Muslims here.

Over 30 members of Perkasa’s Selangor branch were reported to have lodged a police report on Friday over the same clip.

Selangor Perkasa chief Abu Bakar Yahya reportedly claimed that the video had touched on the sensitivities of the Malays and the local Muslim community, saying that he hoped the authorities would take stern action.

Last month, the Court of Appeal ruled that the Home Ministry’s decision to ban the Catholic Church from referring to God as “Allah” in its weekly, the Herald, was justified, finding that the use of the Arabic word was not integral to the practice of the Christian faith.
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