A malicious book accusing Christians of a grand conspiracy to undermine Islam has gone viral in Malaysia, even as fresh allega-tions are being brought against Kuala Lumpur’s archbishop for spewing anti-Muslim propaga-nda.
The Islamic book, Pendeda-han Agenda Kristian (Exposing the Christian Agenda), labels the “Nasrani” (Christians) as “ene-mies of Islam who are always malicious and display a negative attitude towards Muslims,” and who “will try their best to cause heartache among Muslims.”
Church Militant obtained a copy of the 130-page book from the official portal of the Selangor Islamic Religious Council (SIRC), which has a gov.my internet address — linking it to the government of Malaysia.
First published in hardback in 2014 and now made available in digital format in the Malay language, the publication accuses Catholics and evangelicals of adopting missionary schools and “contextualization” as a conver-sion strategy, especially by using the term “Allah” in the Malay-language Bible.
Ironically, the accusations come in the light of Pope Francis’ categorical rejection of efforts to convert people of other religions and in the wake of the pontiff’s Abu Dhabi Catholic-Muslim concordat with Sunni Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayyeb in 2019.
It gives the lie to Pope Fran-cis’ fond hopes that his ‘interfaith dialogue’ will lead to harmony and peace between Muslims and Christians.