Thread: Finns held in Muslim Malaysia over 'Christian pamphlets'

KUALA LUMPUR: Four Finns have been arrested on a holiday island in Muslim-majority Malaysia for allegedly distributing pamphlets about Christianity, police said Wednesday (Nov 21), and may face up to five years in jail.


Religion is a deeply sensitive issue in Malaysia, where more than 60 per cent of the populaton is Muslim, and critics say rising conservatism has chipped away at a traditionally tolerant brand of Islam in recent years.



Authorities detained the two men and two women on Tuesday after receiving complaints from members of the public that they were handing out Christian materials on the popular resort island of Langkawi, said local police chief Mohamad Iqbal Ibrahim.


"Police have arrested four Finnish nationals in Langkawi for allegedly distributing religious material in a public place," he told AFP.


"They were distributing pamphlets related to Christianity."


The Finns, aged between 27 and 60, were arrested at a hotel and police seized pens, notebooks and a bag.


They are accused of breaking laws that forbid people from disturbing religious harmony. If found guilty, they could be jailed for between two and five years.


The suspects have been remanded in custody while police investigate.


Langkawi, a jungle-clad island in northwest Malaysia, attracts millions of tourists to its palm-fringed beaches every year.


Malaysia, home to about 32 million people, has sizeable ethnic Chinese and Indian communities who have long complained about rising Islamisation.


In 2010, three churches were attacked with firebombs, causing major damage to one, as Muslims sought to prevent Christians from using the word "Allah".


Issues related to race, religion and language are considered sensitive in Malaysia, which witnessed deadly riots between members of the majority Malay community and ethnic Chinese in 1969.

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Christians have always been a source of discord and strife in this world. If they are not fighting Muslims or Hindus they are fighting each other. Just look at the Irish ! We cannot have a hard border because it will be an excuse for them to bomb, maim and murder each other. Christians ! My arse !

police seized pens, notebooks and a bag.

behead the pens, throw the bag from the tallest building and flog the notebook to within an inch of its miserable life.

that should teach those filthy homosexual christians that all must bend to the will of allah.

Send the Finns off to North Sentinel Island for a week. That'll cure them.

Allah cannot stand a bit of competition

Originally Posted by Neverna

Send the Finns off to North Sentinel Island for a week. That'll cure them.

They'll have the Welcome Wagon ready.

Originally Posted by misskit

They are accused of breaking laws that forbid people from disturbing religious harmony.

They should counter-sue; The arrests disturbed religious harmony.

They should have been home raking the forests.

Originally Posted by Dragonfly94

Allah cannot stand a bit of competition

Like I said, the Spanish Inquisition was relatively recent.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Like I said, the Spanish Inquisition was relatively recent.

So were the Salem witch trials...even more recent.