Utusan Malaysia hari ini di halaman 5 menyiarkan kenyataan Timbalan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Senator Datuk Dr Mashitah Ibrahim yang mempersoalkan pendirian YAB Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz yang dikatakan berdiam diri berhubung isu Valentine's Day khususnya selepas kenyataan Karpal Singh (SINI) yang dikatakan mendesak agar sambutan Hari Valentine's Day dibenarkan.
Sedarkah Mashitah bahawa YAB Tuan Guru telah mengeluarkan kenyataan pada hari Khamis, 9 Februari 2012 yang lepas bahawa Valentine's Day tidak boleh disambut dan mencadangkan agar diadakan sambutan Hari Suami Isteri? Dalam hal ini, pendirian YAB Tuan Guru telah jelas. Pendirian PAS ialah Valentine's Day dengan pengisian yang ada pada hari ini tidak boleh disambut oleh masyarakat Muslim. (SINI)
Dan yang lebih penting, Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz hari ini di dalam New Straits Times, halaman 9 menyatakan, "What is wrong with celebrating Valentine's Day? Can a one-day event cause the moral values of Malaysians to go down...?"
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Stop insulting Valentine’s Day celebrants, MCA tells PAS
PETALING JAYA: MCA has urged PAS to stop insulting Malaysians who want to celebrate Valentine’s Day and stop saying it is immoral to do so.
MCA secretary-general Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha said Feb 14 was to celebrate love among couples, friends and families.
He pointed out that churches and the Manjung Used Cars Dealers Association in his Lumut parliamentary constituency honoured the event annually.
Pledging to celebrate Valentine’s Day with his friends again, Kong said: “It is a happy occasion for people to get together and strengthen their bond. PAS should not be so narrow-minded.”
In GEORGE TOWN, DAP chairman Karpal Singh said PAS’ opposition to celebrating the event was wrong.
“Valentine’s Day is celebrated worldwide. Any attempt to rule out activities on Valentine’s Day is an affront to human rights and freedom,” he said yesterday. - The STAR
Apologise for Valentine's Day claim, PAS told
Wednesday, 08 February 2012 (The Sun Daily) - PAS Youth must apologise and retract its statement that Valentine's Day celebration would promote "immoral activities," said Kedah Gerakan Youth Chief Tan Keng Liang.He said if Pakatan Rakyat adopts a moderate stand, it must ensure PAS Youth immediately retract the claim, stop repeating it and apologise for the "irresponsible allegation."
In a statement today, Tan said there is nothing wrong for PAS Youth to discourage Muslims from celebrating Valentine's Day if it is against Islamic teaching.
However, he said, in doing so, it should not allege that Valentine's Day promotes immoral activities.
"This would imply that non-Muslim Malaysians who celebrate Valentine's Day would be involved in immoral activities.
PAS Youth should study the history and culture of Valentine's Day celebration before making such an irresponsible assumption.
"It's wrong for PAS Youth to prejudge the morality of non-Muslim Malaysians who wish to celebrate Valentine's Day.
The continuous insult by PAS Youth over the years towards those celebrating Valentine's Day must be stopped," he added.
Tan was referring to a report Tuesday, quoting PAS Youth Chief Nasrudin Hassan Tantawi calling for the government to place advertisement to discourage Muslims from celebrating Valentine's Day as he claimed the celebration would promote immoral activities. MT
'Don't politicise Valentine's Day'
Several people interviewed by the New Straits Times yesterday also questioned the motive of Pas Youth in seeking a ban on the celebration.
Last week, Pas Youth deputy chief Nik Abduh Nik Aziz urged the government to air anti-Valentine's Day advertisements in the media as it did not want it to become a trend among Muslims.
Couples Haikal Zawawi, 23, and Janet Paul, 20, said Valentine's Day was to show love, affection, admiration and appreciation not only to spouses and lovers, but also to friends.
"Immoral activities happen every day. It is not right for Pas Youth to urge a ban on the day saying that it will promote unhealthy activities. This just doesn't sound right," Haikal said.
Student Yap Xin Yi, 17, said Valentine's Day was meant to celebrate love among couples, friends and families.
"It is a happy occasion for people to get together and strengthen their bond. Pas should not be so narrow-minded, " she said.
Computer technician Velayudham Kannan, 22, said Pas should not act as moral guardians and impose their belief on others.
"It is an individual's right whether or not he or she wants to celebrate Valentine's Day. This should be respected and no one should impose their values on others."
Civil servant, Huzir Yahya, 21, said it was not right for Pas to issue such a statement as there were more important issues which the party must focus on.
"They should know their priorities. Valentine Day's is just a celebration to show our love, and that can include parents. I do not see anything wrong with this."
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said that the government was against any form of protest against Valentine's Day as all Malaysians were entitled to the right of freedom of expression.
"What is wrong with celebrating Valentine's Day? Can a one-day event cause the moral values of Malaysians to go down?
"What proof has Pas got to substantiate such claims? We should not pay attention to them ... they are a confused lot," said Nazri in Padang Rengas yesterday.
Nazri also said that there was no statistics to show that celebrating Valentine's Day would create immoral values among the people.
He said during the tabling of the Peaceful Assembly Bill, Pas leaders had expressed the need for freedom of expression.
"What do they want now? Valentine's Day is just a freedom of one's expression," he added. - NST
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