Muslims in Malaysia protest outside church building, say cross ‘challenging Islam’

About 50 residents gathered outside a new church in Taman Medan, Petaling Jaya today to demand that the cross affixed to the house of worship be removed as it was "challenging Islam", The Star Online reported today.

According to the news portal, the locals demonstrated peacefully during the church service at 10am for the cross to be taken down.

The protesters said the presence of a cross in a Muslim-majority area posed a challenge to the religion and could sway the faith of the youth, The Star Online reported.

The news portal reported a village leader later pacified the group and spoke with the church's priest on their behalf.

"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," the group's leader, Datuk Abdullah Abu Bakar, was quoted as saying.

 "But we ask out of concern, being a Malay area, that they take down the cross." Full story...

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