八点最热报 | 2024年《联邦直辖区宗教司法案》即将在国会进行二读和三读，由于这项法案将扩大宗教法院的权力，被认为可能侵蚀到非穆斯林权益，并动摇大马世俗民主制度，甚至把大马变成伊斯兰国，因此引起巨大争议，甚至连不少穆斯林也都提出反对。（主播：萧慧敏）
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00:04In 2024, the federal sub-district religious justice bill will be read twice and three times in Congress.
00:10The bill will expand the power of the religious court, which is believed to be a violation of the rights of non-Muslims,
00:17and shake up the secular democratic system in Burma.
00:20It even turned Burma into an Islamic country, causing a huge controversy.
00:24Even many non-Muslims objected.
00:28Prime Minister Na Ying, who is in charge of religious affairs,
00:32issued a statement yesterday,
00:34emphasizing that the bill is a careful and long-term study,
00:37not a hasty draft.
00:39She said that the government had set up a committee three years ago
00:42to study and draft the religious justice bill.
00:45She pointed out that the bill can improve the effectiveness of the Burmese-Islamic administrative management through the religious justice.
00:51However, Saba and Sala, 14 NGOs, have issued a joint statement
00:56stating that the federal sub-district religious justice bill,
00:58which is in line with the Malaysia Agreement in 1963,
01:01will make Burma become an Islamic country overnight.
01:04They are worried that the bill intends to expand the religious justice in the federal sub-district.
01:10In the future, it may issue edicts that will have a major impact on Muslims and non-Muslims.
01:15And these edicts may also bypass the Congress and the court,
01:19making religion above civil law.
01:22Human Rights Lawyer Sidika Singh also warned that
01:24the religious justice bill not only threatens religious freedom,
01:27but also violates the federal constitution.
01:29She said that the bill stipulates that the religious justice
01:32becomes the most powerful party in the Islamic legal affairs in the federal sub-district,
01:37and is subordinate to the head of state.
01:39This weakens the position of the head of state as the Islamic religious leader in Malaysia,
01:43and does not comply with the provisions of the federal constitution.
01:46Because there can't be two authorities in the Islamic affairs in the federal sub-district.
01:52It will work like a white termite or termites,
01:57which will slowly, be sure, encroach into your house
02:01and chill your house until all the structure collapse.
02:05So, mufti could in future be given a greater power in the parliament,
02:09or by the parliament, by amending to the law,
02:12so that the mufti can need not seek any advice from the government
02:18to impose any Islamic law, or any new Islamic law.
02:23The government wants to amend the religious justice bill in the federal sub-district in 2024,
02:27which caused the non-governmental organizations of Sabah and Sarawak to rise in opposition.
02:31They believe that this has violated the Malaysia agreement in 1963.
02:35One of the NGO leaders, Peter Sohan, said that
02:38the secular system is the basic guarantee of Sabah and Sarawak
02:42when Malaysia and the Malay Federation are established.
02:45However, if this bill is passed, once it is given a wide range of religious power,
02:49it will cause an unimaginable impact on the secular system.
02:53It will be like a white termite invading your house,
02:56which will eventually cause your house to collapse.
02:58We never know.
03:00One day, the mufti can even say,
03:03all non-Muslims must have a Muslim name,
03:06because this is an Islamic country.
03:09Look at Indonesia, all Indonesians must have an Indonesian name.
03:13All the Chinese in Indonesia have an Indonesian name.
03:16Human rights lawyer, Siti Khasin, also opposed the bill.
03:19She said that the religious justice bill cannot be passed.
03:22However, the bill gave the religious authorities the most power
03:25in the Islamic legal affairs in the federal sub-district.
03:29These leaders will have legal constraints in the federal sub-district.
03:34We know that the fatwa is just an opinion.
03:38That is what we know in Islam.
03:42The opinions of the muftis are only mere opinions of them.
03:48It's like an advice.
03:50They are the experts, so they give advice.
03:53But now, in this country,
03:56they make the fatwa into a law.
03:59Siti Khasin believes that the religious authorities are also humans.
04:02Once the religious authorities are given power beyond the democratic scope,
04:06and even have the power to pass a law,
04:09it is very dangerous.
04:11Whether you are a Muslim or a non-Muslim,
04:13you must follow the fatwa.
04:15Otherwise, you will be punished according to the law.
04:17If we get a good mufti,
04:20the right person,
04:22they will give fatwa which are good for the nation,
04:25for everybody.
04:27The problem is,
04:29if we get a bad mufti,
04:32because they are human beings,
04:35what they say will become a law.
04:38If we don't follow the fatwa, we will be punished.
04:41This is very serious.
04:43We have to think very carefully before we let go,
04:46let through these kind of things.