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Let it be a lesson to ultra liberals, says Abdullah Zaik.

KUALA LUMPUR: ISMA President Abdullah Zaik has welcomed the arrest of Lawyers for Liberty founder Eric Paulsen, saying ultra liberals should take a lesson from it.

In a statement published in ISMAweb.com today, Abdullah defined ultra liberals as those who accuse Muslims of being extremists. He made no reference to Muslims who use extremist rhetoric or commit extremist acts.

Paulsen is under police investigation for a Twitter message that allegedly accuses the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) of promoting extremism through Friday sermons. He is suspected to have violated the Sedition Act.

Abdullah described the ultra liberals accusations as a crime of incitement that can cause division in society and threaten harmony.

He said ISMA too had been a victim of the ultra liberals slander.

In the past two weeks, the liberal media have been vigorously slandering ISMA, labelling it as extremist, fanatical and so on without basis, he said.

They should realise that they are breaking the law and can be charged under the Sedition Act.

Islam is not an extremist religion, as portrayed by Eric Paulsen.

It is dangerous slander to say that it is extremist to defend Islam, the position of the Malays and bumiputeras and Malaysian unity.

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ISMA welcomes Paulsens arrest