{"id":74283,"date":"2021-04-05T15:10:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T15:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=74283"},"modified":"2021-04-06T15:44:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T15:44:08","slug":"selangor-sultan-warns-of-insulting-islam-and-calls-on-officials-to-adhere-to-sharia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/74283-selangor-sultan-warns-of-insulting-islam-and-calls-on-officials-to-adhere-to-sharia\/","title":{"rendered":"Selangor Sultan warns of insulting Islam and calls on officials to adhere to Sharia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/photo_2021-04-05_20-32-38-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/photo_2021-04-05_20-32-38-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/photo_2021-04-05_20-32-38-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/photo_2021-04-05_20-32-38-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/photo_2021-04-05_20-32-38-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/photo_2021-04-05_20-32-38.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sultan of Selangor Province, Malaysia, Sharafuddin Idris Shah, affirmed that mocking Islam and insulting Muslims is a legitimate criminal offense throughout the country, reminding some parties of the penalty for issuing such insults.<br>According to what was reported by Sinar and followed by Shia Waves, Idris Shah said, &#8220;There are special provisions contained in the section on the sanctity of Islam and its institutions,&#8221; expressing his concern about the increasing phenomenon of &#8220;insulting and mocking the Islamic religion by some.\u201d<br>Idris Shah asked people to understand and appreciate the essence of the Friday sermon entitled &#8220;Do not insult Islam,&#8221; which was delivered by preachers in all the country&#8217;s mosques on Friday.<br>According to the statement, he wanted Muslims to be aware and vigilant because &#8220;the enemies of Islam often target Islam in different ways.&#8221;<br>He said, &#8220;There are parties trying to make fun of Sharia and religious rules, and to manipulate the law to insult Islamic law.&#8221;<br>He added, &#8220;It saddens me that there are people who mock the word (of God) and issue statements that contradict the morals and beliefs of true Islam.&#8221;<br>In his statement, Idris Shah reminded the leaders to defend the greatness of Islam, and affirmed that &#8220;leaders and officials should play an important role and be firm in accordance with the Sharia of the divine text and national legislations.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sultan of Selangor Province, Malaysia, Sharafuddin Idris Shah, affirmed that mocking Islam and insulting Muslims is a legitimate criminal offense throughout the country, reminding some parties of the penalty for issuing such insults.According to what was reported by Sinar and followed by Shia Waves, Idris Shah said, &#8220;There are special provisions contained in the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":74361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,31,30],"tags":[100,2287,2209],"class_list":["post-74283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-news","category-world","tag-islam","tag-selangor-sultan","tag-sharia-mufti"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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