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http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/5/14/nation/17718434&sec=nation
KOTA BARU: Islamic missionaries and those propagating its teachings must not impose their religious beliefs on others, said Mentri Besar and PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat.
“Islam must be embraced voluntarily and sincerely, especially among converts who come to the religion because of sheer belief or those who adopt the faith because of marriage,” Nik Aziz said when launching the state’s month-long dakwah (missionary activities) campaign at Balai Islam here.
“We cannot force people to enter Heaven. They must do it on their own will.
“We can guide them but we cannot force.”
He said that, similarly, all political parties could not impose their ideologies on the people.
Nik Aziz who is the Chempaka assemblyman, said politicians must be ashamed if they impose their will and ideologies on the weak.
“It is not intellectual or rational to impose a value system of politics. Islam does not do it, so why must they?
“There is no capital to gain when Judgment Day befalls them in their spiritual life.”
He also said that missionaries were being overwhelmed by the rise of social ills from incest, rape, corruption, snatch thefts and murder.
