"Don't politicise Islam" says Najib (Malaysian Prime Minister).  Right, I agree.

Political ulama (expert in Islam) claims that Islam and politics cannot be separated.

"Wrong!" says Muhammad Said al-Ashmawy, former Chief Justice of the High Court
of Egypt.  This Egyptian jurist was also legal consultant in the UN on Syariah Law.

Al-Ashmawy says his research in the "basic" texts (Quran and Sunnah) and of early Islamic
history clearly states that politics cannot be fused with religion.

The form Islam has subsequently taken - as "religion and state" foir him is a deviation from
and a perversion of that true conception.  The political ulama's statements will be seen as
expressions of absolute truth and their political goals shrouded with religious sanctity.
When  this happens, he says, political issues cannot be commented upon, criticised, or
even discussed.

"If you open your mouth, you will be accused of questioning God", he says.
Because of his controversial views on political Islam, the Egyptian jurist has been
on the hit-list of militants in his country.

PM Najib rightly cautions Malaysians on the deleterious effects of political Islam.
I believe all Malaysians should have a deep-think on this controversial issue -
for our future is at stake.

The above was my emel to the local press.  It didn't get printed: Ah, well!