Bishop Murphy Pakiam, where are you?

I’m incensed to read Perkasa’s Ibrahim Ali urging Muslims in this country to seize and  burn Malay Bibles.  So where are they going to seize those bibles from? from our houses? or from our churches? or you expect us to surrender the bibles to them when they come knocking on our doors? Where are you Murphy Pakiam? You accompanied the Prime Minister and his wife to the Vatican to visit Pope Benedict XVI on July 18, 2011 on the pretext of fostering cordial ties with the Christian community here.

What sincere ties have you formulated for the Christians in Malaysia? Since you were the one who arranged for the visit, you should know how sincere Najib is to the Christians. It has been 18 months since you visited the Pope with Najib, and till today you have not disclosed how much ground we have achieved. We are back to ground zero from the fateful day when Churches were torched and vandalised, all for the sake of’ Allah’ in the Bible.

Was your visit with the premier a sightseeing trip on tax payers money? or you fooled us the innocent church goers and lay people. The Malay Bible is an integral part in our homes, as you know our children were schooled in National Schools and are proficient in Bahasa Malaysia, rather then English, and we have our brothers from Sabah and Sarawak who only speak and read the Malay language, we have Bahasa Malaysia masses for them here in Peninsula Malaysia, and can we  allow Ibrahim Ali and his people to seize our bibles and burn them?

You as our Bishop and the head of our church must react and give us an answer, you must ‘face off’ with Najib on this matter, since you know him better and negotiate on behalf of the Christians to leave us alone, to practice our faith without any hindrance and stress. Please don’t compromise like what you did when you allowed religious paraphernalia to be removed during Najib’s visit  to your place one Christmas, we have not forgotten that, it hurts till today when we know you compromised on our belief.

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