Details Published on Friday, 15 November 2013 15:40
THE Federal Department of Islamic Development (Jakim) urged Putrajaya in its Friday sermon today to consider internet censorship to stop attacks against Islam.
The sermon stated that given the challenges posed by anti-Islam groups through information technology, it was important that the Muslim community used whatever reasonable strategy available including social media to counter, answer and ward off the propaganda of the enemies of Islam.
"Muslims must be kept updated on current developments so that we get accurate information and not be influenced by enemy propaganda.
"You all can also use new media such as YouTube, Twitter and blogs as mediums to send out the right message and spread the teachings of Islam.
"While Muslims are working at strengthening the economy and the Malay race, the enemies have not slackened for a minute to run their mission to destroy Islam by using whatever strategy possible, including cyber troopers," said Jakim in the sermon.
The Islamic body said it was required of Muslims to identify the agenda designed to erode the sanctity of Islam and to also identify those who attempted to do so.
Jakim warned that the international line of thinking, such as liberalism and pluralism, seems to be spreading fast via the internet and influencing the younger generation.
"They are launching calculated attacks by spreading news which insults Islam through the use of symbols and in social media such as Facebook and Twitter.
"From our observations, many symbols and hundreds of websites on the internet are being used to confuse and weaken those of the Islamic faith."
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