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The owners of a Malaysian convenience store chain and one of its suppliers were charged with offending the religious feelings of Muslims after socks printed with the word “Allah” were found for sale on its shelves, reported the Associated Press (AP).
Chai Kee Kan, founder and chairman of the KK Mart Group, the country’s second-largest chain of convenience stores, and his wife Loh Siew Mui, a company director, pleaded not guilty to charges of deliberately wounding the religious feelings of Muslims. I Photo: KK SUPERMART FACEBOOK
Chai Kee Kan, founder and chairman of the KK Mart Group, the country’s second-largest chain of convenience stores, and his wife Loh Siew Mui, a company director, pleaded not guilty to charges of deliberately wounding the religious feelings of Muslims.
The company has blamed its supplier for sending products the company had not agreed to stock.
Religion is a sensitive issue in Malaysia, where Muslims account for two-thirds of the population of 34 million, with large ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities. Allah is an Arabic word for God, and many Malaysian Muslims found it offensive to associate the word with feet.
Minister for Religious Affairs Mohamad Na’im Mokhtar was quoted as saying by the national Bernama news agency earlier this month, “The word ‘Allah’ is highly esteemed in the eyes of Muslims. Allah is our creator and the act of putting Allah at our feet is an insult.”
