“Breaking The Silence: Voices Of Moderation – Islam In A Constitutional Democracy” by “the Group of 25” (2015).
Partial comments from a book review by Elliot Firedland in the July 31, 2017 online “Clarion Project.”
“Malaysian authorities censored [this] book promoting moderate Islam written by prominent Malaysian academics.
“Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said in the order banning the book it ‘is likely to be prejudicial to public order, likely to alarm public opinion, and likely to be prejudicial to public interest’ and therefore ‘is absolutely prohibited throughout Malaysia.’
“Critics of the ban say it flies in the face of the government’s alleged campaign to support moderate Islam, especially since many of the chapters were written by scholars who support the same brand of Islam as Prime Minister Najib Razak.
“This is obviously an action intended to suppress free speech. The articles in the book were written by respected academics, lawyers and social activists,” said G25 spokesperson Datuk Noor Farida Ariffin.
“They are intellectual articles mainly discussing the place of Islam in the Federal Constitution. None of the articles have criticised Islam or touched on matters of Aqidah ( faith ).”
“The book was written in order to “encourage an informed and rational dialogue on the ways Islam is used as a source of public law and policy in multiracial and multi-religious Malaysia yet within the letter and spirit of the federal Constitution,” according to the foreword written by previous Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi.”
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