TLDR: Muslim parents and teachers of a Sabah school were unhappy with the placement of the cross on a new classroom building, facing the main entrance in the all boys primary school in Sandakan and wanted it removed.

KOTA KINABALU, June 26 ― The Sandakan mission school that was pressured by its Muslim-majority Parents and Teachers Association to remove a cross the façade of a new building has rebuffed attempts for it to move the religious icon to another location.

The SK St Mary Labuk school board chairman Alice Tan said they were not seeking to offend anyone and all mission schools in the country have the right according to the Education Ministry’s policies to stand by their ethos.

“We cannot take it down or move it just because they’re unhappy it is there. Whether or not they are satisfied with the outcome (not to remove it or place it elsewhere), they will have to learn to understand and accept it.

“It’s nothing personal against another religion; we have been a mission school even prior to independence,” said Tan when contacted by Malay Mail Online.

It was reported earlier this week that the Muslim parents and teachers of the school were unhappy with the placement of the cross on a new classroom building, facing the main entrance in the all boys primary school in Sandakan and wanted it removed.

On Wednesday, Deputy Education Minister I Datuk Mary Yap said that Christian mission schools in Malaysia are allowed to retain their ethos and characteristics according to a circular issued by the Education Ministry in January 2013.

Following the report, the Sandakan District Education Office met with school authorities to explain the circular to the teachers and parents concerned, but the latter group then requested for the cross to be placed somewhere less conspicuous.

Tan said another meeting was convened yesterday, this time with the Sandakan Catholic diocese’s Reverend Bishop Julius Gitom, the principal and the school board, during which it was that no changes will be made.

“We hope that people do not misunderstand us, we are not trying to provoke or offend any party. We considered a lot of factors when deciding on the cross, and we settled on a subtle cross on the building as opposed to on the roof,” said Tan.

She said that policy was clear that mission schools were allowed to display their religious symbols and the school had no malicious intent or doing something illegal to provoke negative sentiments.

“We hope that the objecting party will eventually accept and understand us, and put this behind us so we can move on peacefully,” she said.

The school is populated by a Muslim majority, both in students and teachers.

Sabah education director Datuk Jame Alip said that although he has not received a report on the issue yet, he considered the matter resolved with Yap’s statement.

Sandakan MP Stephen Wong, who was asked to intercede on the school’s behalf, said that it was disappointing that religious intolerance was starting to show in the usually harmonious state.

“I feel a lot of sorrow. Such issues are not common in Sabah and it should not happen, especially at school level. We should have learnt to be more tolerate and understanding of each other’s race and religion in this multicultural society,” he said when contacted.

- See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia...h.923PQnhr.dpuf

Semenanjung raci....... Oh wai.....

good luck ler. punya banyak St. school di Sabah.

mau tgk diorg berani ka sound SRK Sacred Heart suruh buang cross

Uh oh. Epidemic spreading to the east?

These ppl are so free
Got nothing else better to do
Protest for such small issue

Why don't protest on 1MDB?
Religion is more important than country's economic development??
Cannot brain some ppl.

the virus is spreading across now..

Teacher and parents are from Semenajung Im guessing. Why not kick the fcukers out back to their racist trashland.

hahahaha..

tak suka tengok salib u keluar la dari sekolah itu. apa masale?

propaganda meazurali89 ni


Nearlee

if the religion disrespect other religion is that religion bad? Should we remove the religion that disrespect other religion?

Slowpoke tahap dahlan. The parents who wanted the cross remove diminta bawa their kids and BERAMBUS DARI BUMI SABAH.

Peninsular virus spreading fast.

Christian/Catholic missions school but muslim majority?

Virus spreading across south china sea.

must be teacher exported from semenanjung

see liao will faint la. oi.

June 26th news?

lol...bodo...

they are missionary schools but there's nothing religious about it

they don't prioritize or even teach christianity or anything like dat

pretty much typical normal SRK or SMK and only bearing the St. names

that's it, anything religious are done at the Church, usually close to the school compunds

unlike say sekolah ugama, they really do teach islam and its value and principles to the students there iinm

salah semenanjung...

... the spread of Melei semenanjung influence

Send child to school called ST MARY.
Feels offended there's a CROSS on a wall in the school.

Very good.

Butthurt much

Cancer had spread

lmao... Speechless...

Fingers crossed........oh wait.....

these schools r sekolah bantuan. they dont get full funding from the ministry, n often comes from the churches.

it is their right lah to hang the cross.

i used to study in 1. every morning there will be prayers conducted thru PA system. rilek je muslim students. heck the school even has ustaz n ustazah n fardhu ain classes.

My guess is majority are from Philippines thanks to project icee

Why some muslims like vampire wan, cross offends them so much.

TS INI CERITA JUNE 26th
BUKAN SUDA PUAS K BERDEBAT?

BODOH SLOWPORK

Christian schools produce better, smarter students.

FACT.


The same thing why immigrants would rather go to Christian countries than the Middle-East.

Then demand shariah law.

kek.

ts bodo

permainan dia aku nampak

goreng nasi sejuk as in chinese saying

Lol

Anyway. Fuk those people who complain

Masjid punya besar. Azan punya kuat. Boleh pulak

Pasang cross ja. Dah gelabah

If ur faith can be waver by a cross. Then its u who need fixing

Not the cross

they say the evil afraid the cross hmm

Yea should remove because all in classroom student not all christian and plus. Those school not stric to only christian student. Then kolos tered...

lol. wait wat?

Hahaha better? Kek ...

Secular schools are better imo...Sectarian though?

I don't have the statistics, but I'm willing to bet that there are more non-christians in christian schools, than the other way around.

mari makan babi............takkan jahanam punya........if an almighty gets angry because you eat babi...that almighty needs to rethink his priorities...

that's what u get when umno comes

Sometimes it's not so much of faith gelabah. It's more a case of showing who is boss.

Then i hope this school fight tooth and nail

Show those hypocritic bigot whos the boss

why stupid ppl from semenanjung want to pollute island people

Because they can?

Where are the lansi East malaysian who said yesterday racism only in WM hmm??? In your face, losers!

influence by those retards from kg medan.

Only stupid people easily influenced, manipulated and confused.

And they are over on your side, so dun tok cok no racism there. Sabah already land of the pinoy.

eh babinya sikit2 mau remove.

oh sheep. they must be vampires.

My old school got cross on the roof also the muslim students never bising

>sabah

nicholaskekage.gif

salib then butthurt

kalau letak kalimah then OK?

idiot bigots

i oso can be ignorant, go down to their level and make bodoh statement la

but i choose not to

This

u x suka u keluar dari sabah. ohwai

Lucky we in SS all tolak ansur. Unlike semenanjung pipul... Eh

Send kids to christian school, then bising about cross. Topkek really maju people.

I tak suka, you keluar.

Majority do the talk in democracy, you tak suka you communist.

This post has been edited by Human10: Aug 23 2015, 08:15 PM

pokemak punya.

My condo direct facing loud speakers and sermon also i no komplen. Cause traffic jam also i no bising. Bcoz I know hearing this will not turn me to a suicide bomber and stop eating bakuteh.

backdated post also can 4 pages

why you butthurt?
reality bitter?

It's not about the date, it's about the potential.

^

that lol

finally someone said it

it's not like the cross memekik 5 times a day or so

nobody non-muslim actually cares even if it's loud, since it's our own culture as multi racial citizens

drive jauh2 la hantar anak pegi sekolah on the next town district, apa susah

Thanks to a semenanjung teacher, my secondary school was forced go remove the cross from school logo. That was some years ago.

Topkek.

Di mana ada ameno, di situ ada relegious paranoid. even kelantan dun have such problem

just build them SK St Mary Labuk 2

no cross n restricted enrollment n acceptance

Not bitter but why u so stupid to entertain old issue.
U like nasi basi issit?

Already resolved

Sabah education dept denied parents request
Civil society wins , ignorant monkeys loose

later bring more muslim pinoys and give them blue ic

only then those pokok ppl will insap

Of only these people know about the jawi handwriting on the wall of smk St Teresa Kuching

Thanks, you just hit the jackpot with the words you used, happy bora2

Ppl who doesn't understand the word 'missionary' in missionary school should be LYNCHED ALIVE. you don't see us non-muslims question SEKOLAH AGAMA do you.

Islam bashing tered again... so long no push REPORT button .. me likey

sudah resolved la
why masih berdebat ?

anyway, you're still going to encounter religious nutjobs wherever you, go so it boils down to the verdict
even the verdict denied them

apalagi mau diskass?

This post has been edited by Einjahr: Aug 23 2015, 09:16 PM

No ridiculous demand = won't get bashed.

Bodo .. thats JAWI of Malay language.. its of an old language before roman alphabet ... younger generation nowadays .. bodo don't know history

Just to prove a point that an ignorant person will flip table than trying to understand the message.

Exhibit A.

hai awak

awak masuk sekolah ni, sekolah pondok ke?

org ckp lain dia ckp lain TOPKEK

Must be those kena brainwashed by extreme religious pipu, my alma mater, la salle in tg aru has large cross in front of the building, our parents takde pun bising2 dulu lol

Went to ACS Ipoh.. jgn hina sekolah pondok, a lot of good ppl there

“We cannot take it down or move it just because they’re unhappy it is there. Whether or not they are satisfied with the outcome, they will have to learn to understand and accept it."
Inspiring quotes, salute

no a single fucuk is given

my message to them is pls stay out from KL

we have had enough of human overcrowding over here already

This post has been edited by PhakFuhZai: Aug 23 2015, 09:34 PM

AYAM CONFUSED BECAUSE THE WORD "CROSS" !!

OH WAIT I SAID THE HARAM WORD !!!! I WANT TO CHANGE BLOOD !!!

bash stupid people with stupid demand = bash islam?

lol........no wonder people like to hide behind the religion card.

Need lobotomy too

that's all fine and dandy
but people seem to be commenting about the fact how this issue arised in the first place
is a symptom to a bigger problem, slowly creeping in.
cancerous, some things are...

semoga kuota pahala menegakkan panji agama melimpah ruah bulan ni

wow, peninsular disease already spread over there.

doesn't work here
they're the minority here anyway....have a chance you'll get whacked for asking to remove cross somemore

U know when Ibrahim Ali attended our Christian Meeting to understand our Faith He was compelled to Love Rather than Hate.

Our God is Love.

Don't remove the cross of Salvation.

ni sbb byk guru dari peninsular ni..mereka ni mudah terpesong..nampak cross/babi je terus terpesong..wth..dah nama sekolah pun st mary..paham2lah..saya cina muslim dari sandakan..bekas pelajar st mary sandakan..siap lagu sekolah ada ckit2 unsur christian..but its ok..iman kan ada....

Nutjobs are everywhere where theres people...
Whether they are minority or majority, well thats another issue.

so the best course of action is to not have any sort of public discourse once the issue is 'settled'.

Oh
noted

Didnt say that but why ts never posted the verdict? Says much doesnt it?

Without the verdict, everyone will be going round in circles like headless chikens

you ask me for what?
ask op la his reasoning.
that's not what im arguing for/against

Some peeple just cant accept any other reality than their own sad dimension.
Deswai they feel the need to bring down everything else to convince themselves that if they live in a shitty world, nobody else deserve anything better.

Thats why ts butthurt shared tis backdated post
Becos ts is a sad pathetic loser stuck in his shitty world