{"id":50157,"date":"2024-12-27T10:15:10","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T02:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/?p=50157"},"modified":"2024-12-27T16:18:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T08:18:11","slug":"christmas-celebrations-pas-youth-should-embrace-diversity-not-sow-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/christmas-celebrations-pas-youth-should-embrace-diversity-not-sow-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Celebrations: PAS Youth should embrace diversity, not sow division"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PAS leaders, especially those from the party&#8217;s youth wing, should stop weaponizing Christmas celebrations to divide the society after YB Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan, PAS Secretary-General, himself acknowledged that Christmas celebrations are a \u201cvital part of Malaysia&#8217;s rich cultural tapestry\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In preserving the harmony and diversity of Malaysian society, I urge PAS Youth Vice Chief Muhammad Hanif to understand the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TakiyuddinMyLaw\/posts\/pfbid0gm8PJf9nnLPZgzKzGt3FdZgNe8v47EJVCkuKEJRdjqaavx66Mv2sxUXqdmbvH2NGl\">Christmas greetings<\/a> by PAS Secretary-General. In that message, YB Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan also alluded to the shared historical roots in the Abrahamic between Islam and Christianity as a potential strength to create a better nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As he mentioned, Christians are the third-largest religious community in Malaysia. It is practiced by various non-Malay ethnic groups, including Bumiputera from Sabah and Sarawak. This also includes civil servants in the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds. Does PAS Youth Vice Chief believe that Christians, including the Minister of KPKT, YB Nga Kor Ming, and civil servants in the ministry should not have the right to celebrate their festive day in a harmonious and inclusive manner?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/469289924_1131615634995958_6566714899038132392_n-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/469289924_1131615634995958_6566714899038132392_n-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"469289924 1131615634995958 6566714899038132392 n\" class=\"wp-image-50160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/469289924_1131615634995958_6566714899038132392_n-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/469289924_1131615634995958_6566714899038132392_n-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/469289924_1131615634995958_6566714899038132392_n-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/469289924_1131615634995958_6566714899038132392_n-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As a young leader, Muhammad Hanif must set a positive example for Malaysian youths in embracing religious and cultural diversity in Malaysia. He should not become an agent of sowing divisions that exploits faith as a cheap political tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raja<em> <\/em>Ahmad Iskandar Fareez<br \/>National Vice Chief of DAP Socialist Youth (DAPSY)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAS leaders, especially those from the party&#8217;s youth wing, should stop weaponizing Christmas celebrations to divide the society after YB Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan, PAS Secretary-General, himself acknowledged that Christmas celebrations are a \u201cvital part of Malaysia&#8217;s rich cultural tapestry\u201d. In preserving the harmony and diversity of Malaysian society, I urge PAS Youth Vice Chief [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":50170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"458","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[458,1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-50157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-current-affairs","8":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50162,"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50157\/revisions\/50162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}