The ACCIN Lies : Introduction
Perhaps a reference to the views of Dr Mazeni Alwi of Muslim Professionals Forum that appeared in an article entitled ‘Interfaith - of sincerity, concerns and distortion’ in Malaysiakini on 1st July, 2006 would put things in context :
“I wasn’t there (at the meetings) but one of those who attended the preliminary
meetings used the word 'shadowy' because a lot of mainstream Muslims, Muslim
organisations and leaders were (said to have been) excluded from the meeting. Only
certain Muslim NGOs were given prominence and that really turned them off. Those
with a mainstream understanding or interpretation of Islam were brushed aside. Only
one interpretation of Islam is accepted. The problem is, the Muslim groups represent
a big bulk of mainstream Muslims. We recognise their right to exist but I think there
should be a fair representation of voices”.
If Dr. Mazeni’s viewpoint is shared by a great many Muslims who did not attend the ‘preliminary meetings’, the workshop in May, 2003 or the national conference in February, 2005 but who relied on the information of ‘one of those who attended the preliminary meetings’, that typical view is that :-
i) main stream Muslim organizations, leaders and individuals were excluded from the meetings;
ii) only certain Muslim NGOs were given prominence;
iii) main stream Muslims were brushed aside;
iv) only 1 interpretation of Islam was accepted; and
v) there was no fair representation of voices.
I believe that Dr. Mazeni’s views, like that of many Muslims who did not partake in the IFC initiative effort at any stage, were fashioned on the information of ‘one of those who attended the preliminary meetings’.
Let me now say that there is not an iota of truth in any of those views. Dr. Mazeni and many other Muslims have fallen prey to lies by ‘one of those who attended the preliminary meetings’.
Let us go to the beginning.
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