KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 – Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek said the viral video on social media related to the issue of infidel (kafir) was taken out of context, in a malicious attempt to mar her image and credibility.
In a Facebook post, Fadhlina also described the spread of the video was also intending to cause a commotion on issues related to 3Rs (religion, race and royalty) by distorting the true meaning of her speech so that she would be blamed with hate speech, false accusations and slander besides threats to her safety.
In clarifying the video, Fadhlina said the viral video was a clip taken from her private meeting with a certain group, which was taken by another party and disseminated with an interpretation to create polemic and defamation.
“The poster was deliberately produced to create a polemic to distort the original meaning of the viral video clip, which shows me giving a speech stating that I do not allow my children to express the term ‘kafir’ at home.
“In the video recording (closed event), I touched on the spreading of hateful, ‘ghuluw’ (extremism) and takfiri sentiments among a few people, to the point of slandering me and that my life will not be blessed because I work for infidels.
