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nirman

About 50 residents gathered outside a new church in Taman Medan, Petaling Jaya today to demand that the cross affixed to the house of worship be removed as it was "challenging Islam", The Star Online reported today.

According to the news portal, the locals demonstrated peacefully during the church service at 10am for the cross to be taken down.

The protesters said the presence of a cross in a Muslim-majority area posed a challenge to the religion and could sway the faith of the youth, The Star Online reported.



The news portal reported a village leader later pacified the group and spoke with the church's priest on their behalf.
"After meeting with the priest, the church agreed to take down the cross by next Sunday. If they have the authority to run, we cannot stop it," the group's leader, Datuk Abdullah Abu Bakar, was quoted as saying.

"But we ask out of concern, being a Malay area, that they take down the cross."

Police reportedly arrived on the scene at 10.30am to manage the crowd, just as the Sunday service was ending.

The Star Online reported that the cross was taken down by church leaders a few hours after the protest.

This was not the first time a protest was held against a church.

On November 2, 2014, Muslim NGO, Pertubuhan Sahabat organised a demonstration to protest the construction of the four-storey Praise Emmanuel Assembly church in Petaling Jaya.

The NGO said there were already three churches in the vicinity, adding it was not appropriate in a neighbourhood that counted 70% of its residents as Muslim.

The group had demonstrated at the church building site at Jalan PJS 8/9, saying that building a four-storey church in the area would be an insult to the Muslims living there. – April 19, 2015.

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nirman

The locals who protested outside a church in Taman Medan yesterday were all Umno members from the Petaling Jaya division, PKR lawmaker Hee Loy Sian said yesterday.

The Petaling Jaya Selatan MP said Umno was behind the protest, which demanded that the church's cross be taken down on account of it being a challenge to Islam, news portal Malaysiakini reported.

"The people who protested claimed themselves to be residents but all of them were Umno members," Hee reportedly told a ceramah in Taman Medan last night.

"Who was present? The secretary, the former Petaling Jaya Selatan Umno wanita chief who was also a candidate for the Taman Medan state seat and also other Umno division leaders."

Hee reportedly accused Umno of "inciting" and "intimidating" the church's congregation during yesterday’s protest, which coincided with the church's Sunday service.

Some 50 locals gathered outside the new church yesterday to demand that the cross affixed to the house of worship be removed, The Star Online reported.

The protesters, led by Datuk Abdullah Abu Bakar, reportedly said the presence of a cross in a Muslim-majority area posed a challenge to the religion and could sway the faith of youths.

According to Petaling Jaya Selatan Umno's official blog, Abdullah ran for the division vice-chief post in 2013, Malaysiakini reported.

Malaysiakini said another protester spotted in the video of the protest was BN's 2013 general election candidate for Taman Medan, Munaliza Hamzah.

Last night, Hee reportedly said that if Umno believed non-Muslim places of worship could not exist in Malay-majority areas, the government should be clear on its stand from the beginning.

He also defended the church and said it was located a fair distance from the residential area.

Hee said such matters should be resolved through dialogue instead of protests. – April 20, 2015.

nirman

PETALING JAYA: The cross on a new church in a shophouse has been taken down after about 50 residents conducted a protest during Sunday service this morning, according to a media report.
The church in Taman Medan is situated in a shophouse.
The protesters gathered at about 10am while the service was being conducted for a congregation of about 15 people, Star Online reported.
The protesters said the sight of the cross in an area populated mainly by Muslims was a challenge to Islam and could influence younger minds, according to the report.
Police arrived at around 10.30am as Sunday service was ending, and acted as intermediaries between protesters and church leaders.
A village leader who calmed down the protesters and spoke to the priest, said the church agreed to take down the cross by next Sunday. “If they have the authority to run, we cannot stop it. But we ask out of concern, being a Malay area, that they take down the cross,” the protest leader Abdullah Abu Bakar was quoted as saying.
Star Online reported that a few protestors had threatened a journalist and said “you better write about us nicely, or else”. Some held on to his shirt as he interviewed protesters, the report said. It said the cross was taken down a few hours later.

nirman

A picture of Abdullah Abu Bakar in a casino. Judi tak haram.  
https://www.facebook.com/photo.p ... ;type=1&theater

atira

judi..
patut la nampak salib je menggelupur nak masuk kristian

nirman

kenapa umat melayu-isle ni takut sangat dengan salib? iman tu nipis sangat ke yang tengok salib saja nak convert jadi kristian.....

melia_star

awat tak bwk stembrol ka kasi runtuh jer itu church?.....cukup ker dgn kasi turun salib?.....x takut ke anak2 korang nanti terdgr2 lagu gospel yg merdu dan terikut masuk dlm and minum air holy??..bingai punyer protester bingai.......

bluehedgehog

byk tmn2 majoriti bukan islam pun ada surau dan masjid...

BotakChinPeng

Kawasan kristian apa kelas . Malu nak bina gereja kat tempat sendiri

flying_cow

nirman replied at 20-4-2015 11:18 AM
A picture of Abdullah Abu Bakar in a casino. Judi tak haram.  
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f ...

Malaysian Insider baru report si Abdullah Abu Bakar ni abangnya IGP kaki twitter tu. Tak tau la betul ke tak. Kita tengok IGP akan ambil tindakan ke tak nanti.

the_killer

judi boleh..nampak salib...mengelupur