From IHRC (The self-styled 'Islamic Human Rights Commission')
During the Ashura commemoration event on 16th December 2010, JAIS (state religious authority in Malaysia) raided the Hauzah ar-Redah in Gombak, State of Selangor and arrested 200 people including the local Aalim(cleric) as well as the visiting aalim(cleric/speaker) from Iran.
Today, the Malay newspapers in Malaysia carried this story on their front pages in terms of a shia threat and language reminiscent of a culture of demonization of shias within Malaysia.
From AP
More than 200 Muslim Shiites—including Iranians, Indonesians and Pakistanis—were detained in one of the biggest swoops on outlawed Muslim sects in Malaysia and may be charged with breaching Islamic laws, an official said Monday.
Government authorities in Muslim-majority Malaysia consider only the Sunni denomination to be legal.
Islamic officials raided a shop house in the Gombak district in central Selangor state last week and arrested the group,
It was the largest swoop of outlawed groups in recent months, the department director, Muhammad Khusrin Munawi, told state media. He said the Shia doctrine is a threat to national security because it permits the killing of Muslims from other sects who are regarded as infidels.
The arrests of the Shia followers have been slammed by some religious scholars, who accused Islamic authorities of becoming more hard-lined.
From AFP,
Shiite community leader Kamil Zuhairi Abdul Aziz told AFP the group had submitted a protest letter to the national human rights commission (Suhakam) after a recent raid of their prayer hall by state religious officers.
Kamil Zuhairi said there were about 40,000 Shiite followers in Malaysia but most practised their faith behind closed doors for fear of being stigmatised and targeted by the authorities.
Shiites make up around 15 percent of Muslims worldwide. They represent the majority populations in Iraq, Iran and Bahrain and form significant communities in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
Shiites believe the Prophet Mohammed should have been succeeded by his cousin Ali rather than his companion Abu Bakr. Traditional Sunnis believe any suggestion that Abu Bakr was a usurper is tantamount to blasphemy.
Source: AFP, AP, IHRC (The self-styled 'Islamic Human Rights Commission')
Comments: Well, at least Muslims are fighting among themselves.
They are either fighting among themselves or fighting non-Muslims.
The self-styled 'Islamic Human Rights Commission', based in the UK,said on its website the following.
Don't be a Silent Victim
Have you been verbally abused, harassed, discriminated against or even violently attacked because you are Muslim? Have you been mistreated by the police or security services or a victim of anti-terror laws? Click here to report your incident to us in confidence and, if you wish, anonymously.If you are looking for counselling instead of or as well as case support you can also visit Faith Counselling.
Typical Muslim victim-card organization. Looks like a human rights fraud organization trying to undermine anti-terror efforts while ignoring Islamic extremism and terror.
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Problem of overseas extremists posing as students and recruiting at Malaysian universities - 9 deported in June for urging bombings and trying to resurrect Jemaah Islamiyah
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Iran hangs 11 members of Sunni-Baluch militant group Jundallah (Army of God) days after a Jundallah suicide bomber killed 39 Shiites during Ashura in revenge for hanging its leader
Sunni terrorists say Baghdad attacks that killed 91 was revenge for Shiite "insults" on Aisha, promises more blood and "smell of death"
Al-Qaida in Yemen claims suicide car bombing against Shiites calling them "despicable plants" to be uprooted
Egypt charge Shias with insulting religion & denying tenets of faith
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