PUTRAJAYA, March 21 — Islam frowns on Muslims who will ally themselves with their religion’s critics to achieve their goals no matter how “noble”, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today.
He said that the means to achieve a noble aim must be equally noble.
“That means, Islam not only requires that a purpose must be noble, but the method to achieve the purpose must also be correct and noble.
“For example, if we have a good objective or purpose, but we collaborate with those who are anti-Islam or uneasy with Islam, that means that method is not correct and forbidden by Islam,” he said in a speech when launching the 59th national recital of the al-Quran here.
He did not give further examples to illustrate his point.
Earlier, he urged Muslims to be broad-minded when faced with differences of opinion.
“Don’t because of small matters or contentious issues, or being too obsessed with groups or a leader, until we quarrel, leading to enmity, hatred or casting aspersions or inappropriate labels by a Muslim against other fellow Muslims.
“In other words, Islam allows differences in opinion, the voicing of views and objections, but it should be courteous and should be consistent,” he said.
Earlier, he had also stressed the importance of unity within the Muslim community, after quoting a verse in the Quran.
“This verse clearly shows the issue of unity is not a choice, but an obligation to Muslims. This is the command of Allah to us,” he said, before going on to say that Malaysia was lucky as it was an Islamic country based on Sunni Islam.
Source: https://sg.news.yahoo.com
