A Malaysian newspaper is facing calls to shut down after it published an image of Jesus holding a cigarette and what appeared to be a can of beer.<\/p>\n
Malaysia’s Muslim-led government closed two publications last year for carrying controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.<\/p>\n
Now some members of Malaysia’s minority religions say they want the same treatment over this latest incident.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Guys, guys, guys … while it’s perfectly fair (and ironic) to ask for equitable treatment, this doesn’t really help things. It would be a much better “lesson” to show that Christian faith in Jesus isn’t affected by insults — and, indeed, in light of Christ’s teaching about turning the other cheek, it would be even more fitting.<\/p>\n
Of course, there may be some other reasons besides religion behind the calls for the paper to be closed.<\/p>\n
\nThe paper has since issued an apology, explaining that a graphics editor had mistakenly taken the image from the internet. Most of Malaysia’s churches appear to have been appeased.<\/p>\n
Not so though the Malaysian Indian Congress, an ethnic Tamil political party in the governing coalition, most of whose members are Hindu. A senior party official has demanded that Makkal Osai’s editor be sacked and the paper closed.<\/p>\n
Interestingly, Makkal Osai has been very critical of the Malaysian Indian Congress, which owns a rival Tamil-language newspaper.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Ah. 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