KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3- The Malaysia Islamic Development Department (JAKIM) has decided that the “1 Hari di Hari Raya” video clip suggesting that Muslims could celebrate Aidilfitri with dogs has insulted Islam and an irresponsible act.
Its director-general Datuk Othman Mustapha said the video recording owner had clearly insulted the faith and provoked the sensitivities of Muslims in Malaysia who belonged to the Shafie mazhab (sect), which prohibited Muslims from holding or touching dogs and if they did, they must cleanse themselves.
He said the “takbir raya” which sang praises for the greatness of Allah but played in the background in the video recording while its owner was doing something unIslamic, had also provoked the sensitivities of Muslims.
“Such a video recording should not be made by a Muslim as he or she should respect the feelings of other Muslims.
“The action of the video recording owner appears to have mocked and challenged the Islamic faith of Muslims. Such a provocation is usually committed by a few non-Muslim individuals,” he added in a statement, here.
Othman said a police report had been lodged on the controversial video on Wednesday and JAKIM was now preparing a report to be submitted to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission for further action.
A 38-year-old woman, known as Chetz, has come under public condemnation after a video clip featuring herself with three dogs celebrating Raya three years ago was uploaded to YouTube recently.
The woman was remanded at the Segamat district police headquarters in Johor for two days until today after her statement was recorded by Bukit Aman police yesterday.
– BERNAMA
