PETALING JAYA: About 50 residents staged a peaceful protest against a new church situated in a shoplot in Taman Medan after the congregation there put up a cross on the church building.
The group, which gathered at about 10am on Sunday while church service was going on, contended that the sight of the cross in a majority Muslim area challenged Islam and could influence younger minds.
The group were later pacified by a village leader, who spoke with the pastor of the church.
“After meeting with the priest, the church agreed to take down the cross by next Sunday. If they have the authority to run, we cannot stop it. But we ask out of concern, being a Malay area, that they take down the cross,” said leader Datuk Abdullah Abu Bakar.
The protesters gathering outside the church on Sunday
Other protesters, however, felt that the existence of a church in Taman Medan challenged their faith.
A few of them also threatened a reporter, saying “you better write about us nicely, or else” with some holding on to his shirt as he interviewed the protesters.
Police arrived at the scene at around 10.30am to control the crowd as Sunday service was ending, and acted as intermediaries between protesters and church leaders.
The congregation of the church, of about 15 people, requested privacy when approached by The Star.
It is understood that the cross was taken down by church leaders a few hours later.
ummah felda pprt sunni dan kebangangan bagaikan aur dengan tebing,
tengok salib pun dah menggelupor hilang iman.
entah2 mmg sedia kala takde iman pun.
anak2 semua bohsia dan rempit jah mcm bangsat perangai sekor2.
kokosen pun tarak bagi naik cross suka suki hati... U.S. judge orders landmark California cross taken down
(Reuters) - A massive cross that serves as part of a war memorial on a San Diego hilltop must be dismantled because it has been found to violate a constitutional ban on government endorsement of religion, a federal judge grudgingly ruled on Thursday.
[size=1.6em]The decision by U.S. District Judge Larry Burns marks the latest development in a long-running legal battle over the 43-foot-tall cross, a local landmark that has stood on top of Mount Soledad since 1954 and is visible for miles.
The government of Chin State in western Myanmar has taken down a Christian cross that had been raised on a hill. According to an Asia News report dated January 29, 2015, the government of Chin State, with the support of the country’s central authorities, explained that “the cross had been set up without the necessary permits.” The wood of the cross was also apparently “the result of illegal cutting”.
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