The Ahmadiyya community delivered a copy of the Ahmadiyya translation of the Quran to G25’s representative Datuk Noor Farida Ariffin two weeks ago, but the latter had rejected it a day after receiving it.
Source: themalaymailonline.com | BY ZURAIRI AR
The Ahmadiyya community said its copy of the Quran was rejected by the G25. — AFP pic
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — The Ahmadiyya community is questioning the authenticity of the so-called G25’s call for moderation, after its representative Datuk Noor Farida Ariffin refused a translated Quran from the religious minority group that is labelled “deviants” in the country.
The Ahmadis also accused media house Star Publications Bhd of “double standards” for allegedly ejecting its representative at its newspaper’s invitation-only “Brave Views, Bold Ideas” forum last Saturday that purportedly champions moderation.
“We gift the Quran to all who can accept it… The reason we do that was so they can help explain that there are no discrepancies in our Quran translation, as alleged by others,” the community’s spokesman Ainul Yaqee M Zain told Malay Mail Online over phone.
“If she rejected it without checking it first, it would be a shocking thing,” Ainul said, referring to Noor Farida.
For someone who fights for moderation to act by closing doors, that is very shocking for me,” he added.
The Ahmadiyya community earlier told Malay Mail Online that it delivered a copy of the Ahmadiyya translation of the Quran to Noor Farida two weeks ago, but the latter had rejected it a day after receiving it.
In a copy of her email that was sighted by Malay Mail Online, Noor Farida told the community’s representative Indrawan Ahmad that she could not accept the gift after discussing the matter with several religious leaders.
Noor Farida said that she uses a Quran with Abdullah Yusuf Ali’s English translation, and the Ahmadi Quran might differ from the Shafi’i school of jurisprudence that she practises.
Now comprising 38 members, the G25 is a group consisting of former high-ranking… read more at themalaymailonline.com
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I think she is lacking courage.There is handful of such people even in mt country i have also encountered myself ,i think its embarasing.