Ted Poe: “the Malaysian Government recently seized Christian children's books written in English because they contained…”

“the Malaysian Government recently seized Christian children's books written in English because they contained illustrations of Bible prophets Moses and Abraham, an alleged violation of Islamic Shariah law. The Malaysian Government's publications and ``Religious Enforcement Police'' found that the images of Bible characters in the Christian books offended the sensitivities of Muslims and must be banished. Malaysian Prime Minister Badawi indicated other religions must understand that Islam is the true religion for Malaysia. The government's ``midnight raid'' on these books infringes on the basic human right of religious freedom, a right which ironically is protected in the Malaysian constitution, but nonexistent under Islamic Shariah law. This is yet another example of the problems with a State religion. Ghandi once said, ``If we are to respect others' religions as we would have them respect ours, a study of the world's religions is a sacred duty.'' The Malaysian government expects all religions to be tolerant of the Islamic religion, but hypocritically is intolerant of the Christian faith. And that's just the way it is.”