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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Prayers for Non-Muslims.

I am referring to Harussani Zakaria, the infamous mufti of Perak of course. It all began with the accusation in Penang about how during a Friday prayer sermon, Lim Guan Eng’s name was mentioned instead of the King. He said that it is haram or forbidden for a Muslim to pray for the well-being of a non-Muslim. Is this what Islam teaches its adherents? I cannot imagine for one moment that this is so unless he knows something that we the Non-Muslim do not?

Speaking as a Christian, Jesus tells us to love our enemies and pray for them. This is so far remove from what the good mufti is telling us. To me as a khafir in his eye, I do not amount much and certainly not worthy of his time and prayer. And I thought that all this while that Islam stands for peace but this mufti really debunk this myth.