Bomoh Ibrahim Mat Zin (centre) and his assistants at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. He has threatened to sue any party accusing him of conducting deviant rituals.– The Malaysian Insider pic, March 14, 2014.
The bomoh, who showed up at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport twice to conduct rituals to locate the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, has threatened to sue any party who claimed that his actions were against Islamic law.
Ibrahim Mat Zin, who has been attempting to locate the missing jet, said the ceremony he performed on Monday was according to Islamic law.
During his ritual at the airport, Ibrahim said he used holy words from the Quran.
"The relics which I used were merely symbolic and had been passed down by previous generations. It is not for worshipping," he told Utusan Malaysia.
"I hope that the public does not accuse me of practising deviant teachings," he told the Umno mouthpiece.
Ibrahim said those who continued to accuse him of deviant practices would face legal action.
Meanwhile, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim has denied Pakatan Rakyat allegations that Putrajaya authorised the bomoh to assist in locating MH370.
The minister in the Prime Minister's Department said it was impossible for Putrajaya to allow a ceremony which was clearly against Islam.
He said allegations linking the bomoh, who is famous among VIPs, with Umno should not have come up in the first place.
Shahidan said it was not necessary that a bomoh who reportedly wore a 1Malaysia badge was an Umno member and hired by the party.
"No, I do not believe that it is an order from the government. This is because it goes against Islamic teachings," Shahidan said.
MH370, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members, dropped off the radar at 1.20am on Saturday morning.
As the search enters its seventh day, there are still no clues to the aircraft's whereabouts. – March 14, 2014.
Adopted from: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com
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