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01/12/2006

Harian Metro - 11 Jan 2006 (translation)

Thanks for doing this! This is an *unofficial* translation... refinements welcome (i've corrected a couple of spelling errors!!).

Irreverent Bastard Pokes Fun at Holy Rite of Sacrifice
Harian Metro. 11 January 2006.
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A group of youths believed to be influenced by "wild" music behaved
irreverently when they equated the holy sacrificial rites of Aidil Adha
(commemorating Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son as an act of faith
and dedication to his god) to Black Metal Devil worshipping sacrificial
rituals.

This heretical belief was disseminated via email by an individual who was
probably dissatisfied by Harian Metro's expose of the New Year's raid on an
illegal concert where 380 youth's in their early 20's were detained.

Caught at a premise on Old Klang Road, the 380 youths, 100 of them young
women, who were believed to be followers of rock groups were wearing all
black attire. Upon detainment, 8 were tested positive for drugs.

This abominable act was detected after Harian Metro received more than 10
emails from several unidentified individuals over the past 5 days, one of
them poking fun at the Aidil Adha sacrifical rite.

An excerpt from the email reads, "I've received intelligence that there are
a group of people in robes (there is a possibility that some may be black)
shall be sacrificing goats (there is a possibility that some may be black)
and possibly cows (there is a possibility that some may be black) and even
camels (they're generally grey but that's almost black) on Tuesday 10
January 2006 (Aidil Adha)."

The email stated clearly that the sacrifices would be conducted at the two
main mosques, the Shah Alam Mosque and the National Mosque.

If one were to read into the email, the "sacrifice" can be construed to mean
the Aidil Adha holy sacrifice of animals, and the reference to "people in
robes" refers to the service attendees carrying out the sacrifices.

In addition to that, the email message claimed that the individuals in robes
(service attendees) did not have a permit or license for gathering.

The Coordinator of the Malaysian Islamic Consumers Society, Noor Nirwandy
mat Noordin, characterized this email as over the top and extremely
irreverent.

"The individual who sent the email is clearly lost/an unbeliever and his
life shall be dammned due to his values which have deviated from Islam."

He adds that this email pokes fun at and insults the word of Allah swt.

He believes that today's youths' passion for "hard" music rather than the
holy religious teachings is an indication that this moral crisis is reaching
a critical stage.

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if I roll my eyes any higher, I'll run out of skull.

Posted by: Lainie | 01/13/2006

is it too much to ask that they run on logic for once?

Posted by: at | 01/13/2006