IS KAFIR A SLUR WORD?

From: The Malay Mail | Date: July 13, 2005| Author: V. VASUDEVAN | Copyright information

IS kafir a derogatory word?

To the DAP, it is but to the BN members who use it liberally in the

House, it is not.

The word was the basis of a heated exchange between the sides yesterday.

Opposition leader Lim Kit Siang triggered the heated exchange when he

took exception to the use of the word kafir by BN Larut member Datuk Raja

Ahmad Zainudin Raja Omar.

Raja Ahmad last Thursday told the Dewan Rakyat that Malaysia was an

Islamic State as ...

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