Mereka turut merampas 300 bible berbahasa Malaysia dan Iban.
Ahli persatuan itu berkata, ketika pekerja persatuan itu membawa masuk barangan dan pejabat mereka tidak dibuka apabila 20 pegawai Jais bersama dua anggota polis tiba kira-kira jam 2 petang.
Apabila pekerja enggan membuka pintu, pegawai Jais meminta mereka menghubungi pegawai atasan mereka untuk mendapatkan kebenaran.
"Mereka memberitahu pekerja kita, kami ada masa lima minit untuk membuka pintu, jika tidak mereka akan masuk secara paksa.
"Bila pejabat hubungi saya, saya kata jangan benarkan sesiapa masuk kerana Jais tidak ada kuasa ke atas bukan Islam dan mereka juga tidak ada waran untuk menggeledah premis," kata ahli persatuan itu.
Apabila Lee sampai, dia membenarkan lima pegawai Jais masuk.
Mereka kini ditahan di Balai Polis Damansara.
Minggu lepas, pengarah Jais, Ahmad Zaharin Mohd Saad berkata beliau akan segera menghantar surat kepada semua gereja di Selangor untuk mengingatkan mereka supaya mematuhi Enakmen 1988 yang melarang orang bukan Muslim dari menggunakan kalimah Allah.
Enakmen 1988 iaitu Agama bukan Islam di Selangor (Kawalan Penyebaran Agama kepada Orang Muslim) yang diluluskan oleh kerajaan Barisan Nasional pada tahun 1988, melarang orang bukan Muslim di Selangor dari menggunakan 35 perkataan Arab dan ungkapan dalam agama mereka, termasuk “Allah”, “Nabi”, “Injil” dan “Insya’Allah”.
Sementara itu, menurut Sinar Harian, pihak polis telah memanggil pengarang Herald, Father Lawrence Andrew, akhbar rasmi Gereja Katolik.
Ia dipercayai berkait dengan kenyataan pengarang itu kepada media baru-baru ini bahawa mereka akan terus menggunakan kalimah Allah dalam laporan mereka.
Andrew, dalam laporan sebelum ini berkata, Artikel 11(3) (A) Perlembagaan Persekutuan menjelaskan setiap kumpulan agama berhak menguruskan hal ehwal keagamaan mereka sendiri.
“Agama kami tidak boleh diuruskan oleh sebarang kumpulan agama Islam. Ia bertentangan dengan Perlembagaan. Kami akan terus menggunakan kalimah Allah dalam perhimpunan kami,” katanya kepada The Malaysian Insider.
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Bible Society of Malaysia president calls for calm following Jais raid at premises
The Bible Society of Malaysia (BSM) president Lee Min Choon has called on the Christian community to remain calm following the raid by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) raid on its premises this afternoon and his detention.
A team of officers from Jais and two policemen went to the BSM offices in Damansara Kim today at 1pm and carted away some 300 copies of the Bible in Bahasa Malaysia and Iban.
"The team wanted to enter the premises but my staff asked them to show their authorisation cards and search warrant, which they failed to produce," Lee said at the Damansara police station.
"I arrived shortly and a few of the officers were behaving in an aggressive manner. To defuse the situation, I allowed the officers to enter the premises."
Lee said the officers seized 16 boxes containing 320 copies of the Bible in Bahasa Malaysia and Iban.
Lee and BSM manager Sinclair Wong were taken to the Damansara police station by Jais along with the Bibles. Jais lodged a police report over the raid.
Lee and Wong were released on police bail at 4pm, but have not been told whether any charges or proceedings will be taken against them.
Lee said the Jais officers were merely doing their job and called on the Christians to remain calm. He said they were conducting the raid under a state enactment but did not say which. It is believed it was under Selangor Non-Islamic Religions (Control of Propagation Among Muslims) Enactment 1988.
"Over the past few years, BSM has been in regular contact with Putrajaya, including the Attorney General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Idris Jala."
Lee said they had received assurances from Putrajaya that Malay Bibles could be imported.
"We are allowed to freely distribute the Bibles in Sabah and Sarawak without any conditions," he said.
"As for the peninsula, as long as the Bible has a cross and the words 'Christian publication' on the cover, it can be freely imported and distributed to Christians."
Lee said the legality of the Bible has been recognised by various orders issued by the home minister.
"We hope that Putrajaya and Jais will communicate with each other and resolve this issue," Lee said.
Lee is expected to meet Jais officers on January 10 in Shah Alam to hold talks on the issue.
Today’s raid comes after Catholic weekly Herald editor Rev Father Lawrence Andrew said that Catholic churches in Selangor would continue to use the word “Allah” in their weekend services in Bahasa Malaysia, which are primarily attended by Sabah and Sarawak folk.
The comments came following a statement from the new director of Jais Ahmad Zaharin Mohd Saad, who said the state religious authorities would draw up a list of Selangor churches before writing to ask them to comply with the Selangor Non-Islamic Religions (Control of Propagation Among Muslims) Enactment 1988.
“We will write to all the churches in Selangor to respect the law that is in force in relation to this,” he was quoted as saying.
The enactment, which was passed by the Barisan Nasional state government, prohibits non-Muslims in Selangor from using 35 Arabic words and phrases, including “Allah”, “Nabi” (prophet), “Injil” (gospel) and “Insya'Allah” (God willing).
Andrew's statement caused an uproar among various non-governmental organisations, which among others, described his action as not only challenging the sensitivities of Muslims, but also a sign of disrespect for the law.
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