ALOR SETAR, May 20 (Bernama) -- Minister in the Prime Minister''s Department
Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom has called on Home Ministry to carry out immediate
probe into a book authored by liberal Islamic activist, Irshad Manji.
He said the Malaysian Islamic Development Department''s (Jakim) analysis of
the book, entitled ''Islam, Liberty and Love'', revealed that it was filled with
words insulting Islam.
"The decision to ban the book is the prerogative of the Home Ministry. We
(Jakim) can only advise them as our analysis found that the book is dangerous
for the Muslims," he told a press conference here today.
Irshad Manji, who openly supported Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual
(LGBT) lifestyles, was reported to have arrived in Malaysia on Thursday to
launch her new book.
The launch of the book took place yesterday and she was reported to have
left for Canada last night.
Irshad Manji had also authored a book entitled ''The Problem With Islam
Today'' which offended Muslims worldwide and contained the same idealism as
Salman Rushdie, the author of the novel ''The Satanic Verses''.
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