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Church Construction Thwarted in Malaysia

Church Construction Thwarted in Malaysia: "

The following news is courtesy of Mission Network News

Malaysia (MNN) ― Christians in a small village in Malaysia have been told they can't build a church. Reports coming out of Malaysia say Christians in the Temiar village of Pos Pasik, about 70 km northeast of Gua Musang Kelantan, have been told by the Department of Orang Asli Affairs (JHEOA) that they have no permission to build a church on their land.

On 20 May 2010, the village head wrote to the Director-General of the JHEOA to inform him of their plan to build the church in their village, half of whom have converted to Christianity in recent years.

In response, the Deputy Director-General writing on behalf of the D-G replied that their 'application' to build the church had been rejected and the community was asked to stop work on the building immediately.

This is contrary to what Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said this week. He praised the work and mission of the Inter-faith Relations Working Committee. It's a group of Malaysia's religious leaders representing Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, and Muslims. In a 45-minute session he praised Malaysia's pluralism, saying, 'It's the foundation of national unity, rather than a front of division.'

Todd Nettleton with Voice of the Martyrs says, "While the prime minister is saying we celebrate religious diversity and we celebrate the freedom to worship, the reality on the ground for some of the Christians in Malaysia is a little different."

Nettleton says it appears that religious tolerance depends on your ethnicity. 'It is not uncommon for an ethnic Chinese person to be a Christian. So that is thought to be acceptable. It is much less common for an ethnic Malay person to be a Christian. They are thought culturally to be Muslims. Typically you see a harsh response from that.'

Nettleton says, 'There is some type of revival movement that is going on there. The ethnic villagers are becoming Christians. They want to have a church building. What I'm not clear about--and I think it deserves a little bit more study--is why this government agency said you can't build this church building.'

If the church is demolished or stopped, it will be the second Orang Asli church in the state of Kelantan (and no less than 5 in the peninsular altogether) that has been demolished by the authorities on the basis of various excuses, including that the Orang Asli do not have rights to the land concerned. But it is evident that the issue is religion-related as other structures, including suraus, have been built on such lands without any issue.

Nettleton says we need to pray. 'Pray for the Christians who are there to stand strong in their faith and to be bold witnesses for Christ. We also need to pray for the government.'

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Genesis 1:26

God said, Let us(Father,son,and Holy Spirit) make mankind inOur image,after Our likeness.