https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/malaysia-christians-are-enemies-of-islam
SELANGOR, Malaysia (ChurchMilitant.com) – A malicious book accusing Christians of a grand conspiracy to undermine Islam has gone viral in Malaysia, even as fresh allegations are being brought against Kuala Lumpur’s archbishop for spewing anti-Muslim propaganda.
The Islamic book, Pendedahan Agenda Kristian (Exposing the Christian Agenda), labels the “Nasrani” (Christians) as “enemies of Islam who are always malicious and display a negative attitude towards Muslims,” and who “will try their best to cause heartache among Muslims.”
Church Militant obtained a copy of the 130-page book from the official portal of the Selangor Islamic Religious Council (SIRC), which has a gov.my internet address — linking it to the government of Malaysia.
First published in hardback in 2014 and now made available in digital format in the Malay language, the publication accuses Catholics and evangelicals of adopting missionary schools and “contextualization” as a conversion strategy, especially by using the term “Allah” in the Malay-language Bible.
Ironically, the accusations come in the light of Pope Francis’ categorical rejection of efforts to convert people of other religions and in the wake of the pontiff’s Abu Dhabi Catholic-Muslim concordat with Sunni Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayyeb in 2019.
Unlike evangelicals, who use “contextualization” to evangelize and convert, liberal Catholics have adopted “contextualization” not with a view to bring lost souls to Catholicism, but as a vehicle of an “incarnational lifestyle” aimed at the creation of “indigenous” churches.
Speaking to Church Militant, renowned Islamic scholar Robert Spencer explained how “the hostility the Muslim book mandates is clearly Qur’an-based.”
Spencer, author of over 21 books on Islam and the Middle East, commented:
The book says this: “Christians will try their best to create resentment among the Muslims. Muslims must be stern and careful of Christians, and we must not follow or regard them as our protectors, leaders or guardians. If we are oblivious or doubtful of the truth about Islam, then it will be easier to be influenced by the lies of the Christians.”
In saying this, it is no outlier and is not “extremist.” The Qur’an says: “And never will the Jews or the Christians approve of you until you follow their religion” (2:120). It also tells Muslims, “O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are allies of one another. And whoever is an ally to them among you — then indeed, he is of them. Indeed, Allah guides not the wrongdoing people” (5:51).
Spencer noted that this is why Christians were facing “increasing discrimination and harassment” as “Malaysia, like other areas in the Islamic world, becomes more devout and Sharia-adherent.”
“It also gives the lie to Pope Francis’ fond hopes that his ‘interfaith dialogue’ will lead to harmony and peace between Muslims and Christians,” Spencer said, noting the failure of the Abu Dhabi document. “For many Muslims, if not most, no ‘dialogue’ will ever override or cancel Qur’anic imperatives.”…
