“Amid chants of ‘Allahuakbar,’ the group also left the severed head of a cow at the entrance of the State Secretariat here as a warning to Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim.” That is from this account. And now some Muslims who Misunderstand Islam in modern, moderate Malaysia want to defend these protesters, as a “jihad,” “Cow head demo: Malay NGO to defend Section 23 ‘jihad,'” by Syed Azhar for The Star, September 9:
KOTA BARU: Malay non-governmental organisation Perkasa wants to provide legal counsel to the 12 “cow head protestors” who were charged with sedition and illegal assembly at the Shah Alam Sessions and Magistrates courts on Wednesday.
Its president Datuk Ibrahim Ali said several lawyer members of the movement were willing to take up the case as a “jihad,” or any war undertaken in the name of Islam against unbelievers or backsliders.
“We will also go on a donation drive to help them financially to pay for unforeseen expenses that they might incur during the trial proper.
“We are not doing this as a publicity stunt or political mileage but for the sake of the Ummah (the community of believers) and to defend Allah’s religion,” he said in a press statement issued here on Wednesday.
Ibrahim, who is also the independent Member of Parliament for Pasir Mas, criticised those in power, accusing them of being cowards for not protecting the religion.
However, many Muslim and political leaders have condemned the incident…, saying such hatred and disrespect had no place in the religion….
The protesters, besides stomping and spitting on a cow’s head, “warned of further action if the temple was built in their area, with one protest leader promising bloodshed.”