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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Vatican rep's apology not sufficient, says Hasan Ali


The apology issued by Vatican representative Archbishop Joseph Marino yesterday regarding statements he made over the ongoing Allah issue is insufficient as it does not stop the anger and unhappiness of Muslims.

NONEJati president Hasan Ali (right) said the Apostolic nuncio has to retract the statement he made last Thursday pertaining to use of the word ‘Allah’ by Christians in the country.

“At the same time he must promise not to repeat the same statement again,” said the Jati president.

It was reported that Marino had yesterday conveyed his apologiesover misunderstandings which arose following his comments on the ‘Allah’ issue.

He had said his comments were never intended to intrude into the internal affairs of the country.

Marino had on July 12 expressed support towards the Christian Federation of Malaysia's stand that the use of the word ‘Allah’ among Christians should be allowed, sparking an outcry among some Malay-Muslim NGOs.
Protest note still to be sent in

Hasan said as decided by several NGO leaders including Perkasa, they will continue the move to send a protest note to the Vatican’s office in Kuala Lumpur at 2.30pm after Friday prayers.

“We hope to meet Marino face-to-face to send the message across of the implication of the statement he made.

“We are also encouraged by comments made by government leaders including lawmakers who have urged that the Vatican representative be sent home following his wrong judgment and rude behaviour in this matter,” he said.

The Jati president hoped the authorities would not treat the apology as a final solution on the issues raised, and in turn should make it a lesson for everyone to respect Malaysia’s sovereignty.

He reiterated the urging for Marino to withdraw his earlier statement over the use of ‘Allah’ by the church here and at the same time not repeat it. 

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