The English news paper
Sarawak Tribune in Sarawak, the East Malaysia
state, has its publishing permit revoked by the Federal Government yesterday.
The order was given by Malaysia Prime Minister
Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi personally. He is also the Internal Security
Minister of Malaysia. No indication of when will this suspension be lifted was
given. The
Sarawak Tribune republished the publication of 12 Muhammad
cartoons in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten last September, which sparked
off a series of violent protests from Muslims (especially radicals) all over the
world. Everybody, including those in western countries where religion tolerance
is unheard of, should have learned that these cartoons are meant to radicule
Prophet Muhammad in particular and the Muslims in general by now. Yet the
Sarawak Tribune, a news paper in Malaysia where religion tolerance is a
way of life, chose to republish them really stunned all Malaysians. Really,
another case of
insentive minds at work.
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