Pig Heads Found at Malaysian Mosques

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Worshippers found severed heads of pigs at two Malaysian mosques Wednesday following a spate of firebomb attacks on churches amid a dispute over the use of the word "Allah" by Christians, officials said.

It was "the most serious incident" to hit Islamic places of worship
following vandalism and other assaults at 11 churches, a Sikh temple, a mosque and two Muslim prayer halls across the Muslim-majority country in the past three weeks.
Pigs are considered unclean by Muslims.

The attacks followed outrage among Muslims over a Dec. 31 court verdict that allowed non-Muslims to use "Allah" as a translation for "God" in the Malay language.
Many Malaysian Muslims believe the word should be exclusive to their religion, and that its use by others could confuse some Muslims and even lure them to convert.

Several men who went to a suburban mosque to perform morning prayers Wednesday were shocked to discover two bloodied wild boar heads wrapped in plastic bags in the mosque compound, said Zulkifli Mohamad, the top official at the Sri Sentosa Mosque on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's largest city.

Two similarly severed heads were also found at the Taman Dato Harun Mosque in a nearby district.
Wild boar are common in Malaysia's forests.

Government leaders denounced the incidents and pledged to track down the culprits.

"We are dead serious about this," Hishammuddin told a news conference. "We will bring them to justice."

The attacks on places of worship are considered a threat to decades of generally amicable relations between ethnic Malay Muslims, who make up nearly two-thirds of Malaysia's 28 million people, and religious minorities, mainly ethnic Chinese and Indians who practice Buddhism, Christianity or Hinduism.

The tensions center on a court dispute in which the Herald, a newspaper published by the Roman Catholic Church in Malaysia, argued it has the right to use the word "Allah" in its Malay-language edition because the word predates Islam and is used by Christians in other predominantly Muslim countries, such as Egypt, Indonesia and Syria.

The High Court ruled last month in favor of the Herald, overturning a years-old government ban on the use of the word in non-Muslim publications. The government has appealed the decision.

Among the attacks in various Malaysian states, eight churches and two small Islamic prayer halls were firebombed, two churches were splashed with paint, one had a window broken, a rum bottle was thrown at a mosque and a Sikh temple was pelted with stones, apparently because Sikhs use "Allah" in their scriptures.

The firebombings at the Islamic halls caused little damage except for scorch marks, but Zulkifli, the mosque official, said the pig heads were "a serious desecration."

Authorities arrested 15 Muslim men in connection with the attacks on churches, and four other unidentified suspects linked to the attacks on the Muslim prayer halls.

The controversy has reinforced perceptions that the country is coming under the influence of hard-line Islam.

Last year, dozens of Muslims paraded with the bloodied head of a cow, a sacred animal in Hinduism, to protest the proposed relocation of a Hindu temple in their neighbourhood.

Minorities say they face institutionalized religious discrimination, citing problems such as slow approval to build new churches and temples. Government officials have repeatedly denied any bias.

- Associated Press writer Julia Zappei contributed to this report.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2010/01/26/12624736-ap.html

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[GodfreyBouillon2]

I wouldn't be surprised if this Pig head thing was done by Muslims themselves just to justify more attacks on Christians and their churches in Malaysia.

[AreebaAmigo]

iloveeagles25

you have been to malaysi cos you live in malaysia. you said the malay muslims are good, cos you are a muslim pig yourself. muslims in malaysia are bastards dranged mohamedans. fucking stupid pigheads following the life of a pedophile thief rapist mohamed. fuck off

[Yvesyew]

@GodfreyBouillon2 most probably it's done by some fucking malay. trying to make excuses to attack the non muslim and destroy the peace

[uruleworld]

@AreebaAmigo Why you bringing jesus inn? we all know he was a pedophile but come on now!!!

[SGtoot]

Lol

[chickchick0320]

Good

[dunkenus]

@CHENQINTING it represent your worthless mother's head bitch...you are what u eat...but we dont eat pigs...you are...and u behave like one...

[TheWelshie1]

I find this strange that they are upset by a pigs head ,but are so brutal and sadist killers and they see no wrong in that

[bidefordrfc]

@bobo87a

ah ok, do we get to stone people to death too? or is that a load of other religions dressing up as muslims and doing it....

[bidefordrfc]

for fuck sake, honestly if muslims werent so touchy about "non-believers using OUR word" then there wouldnt be an issue.

The fact is they want all the mod cons of the western world but with a muslims stamp on it (i know malaysia is not western..).. so they hate anything that isnt muslim. They are hypocrites.

Surely if i was a true muslim then i should just sit back and laugh at the christian world because they will go to hell (or w.e muslims believe in!)

[ironmouth1979]

AWESOME!!!!!!! THEY SHOULD ROAST IT AND TRY.... SEDAP MAN... MAKAN NGAN ASAM PEDAS... YUM

[jigglyfidda125]

Whoever placed that pig there, you forgot one thing; To stuff the pigs mouth with copies of the Quran