The enemy of Islam is ignorance, not infidels, says Zaid

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Former law minister Zaid Ibrahim defends education minister Fadhlina Sidek’s policy on not allowing the use of the term ‘kafir’ in her home.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/03/31/the-enemy-of-islam-is-ignorance-not-infidels-says-zaid/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #ZaidIbrahim #FadhlinaSidek #Kafir

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00:00 Former Law Minister Zaid Ibrahim has lauded Education Minister Fadlina Siddique for explaining

00:07 why she discourages her children from using the word 'kafir' or 'infidel' at home,

00:12 saying that the true enemy of Islam is not infidels but ignorance.

00:18 In a post on X, Zaid took aim at misguided Muslims who, he said, were trying to portray

00:23 her as denying the word's existence in the Quran.

00:27 He said Islam's true enemy today is not infidels but rather ignorance, false preachers teaching

00:32 false Islam, lack of knowledge, poverty and economic deprivation.

00:38 Zaid said that if orthodox Muslims consider non-Muslims their enemies only because they

00:42 belong to a different religion, then the Muslim world would be fighting a senseless, futile

00:47 battle they can't win.

00:50 Earlier today, Fadlina had said she restricts her children from using 'kafir' to refer

00:54 to non-Muslims, claiming it is tantamount to hate speech in Malaysia's multi-religious

00:59 society.

01:01 She said this in response to a viral video on social media, which shows her at a closed-door

01:06 event discussing the use of the term.

01:09 Fadlina said the video was deliberately being spread and taken out of context in a malicious

01:14 attempt to mar her image and credibility and ignite religious tensions.

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