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Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan, the president of the Bar Council has denied claims that the organization is anti-Islam as said by Zulkifli Nordin and that it is a multi-racial, multi-religious organization. In response to claims by Zulkifli, Ambiga said “He was a former council member, you know. And everyone knows our stance. Our more than 50-year history will attest to the fact that we are a multi-racial, multi-religious organisation consisting of members from all religions,”
She added that “As far as the motion is concerned, of course he is free to say what he wants, but nothing could be further from the truth. We believe in the freedom of all to practise their religious beliefs and we are the last to be anti any religion. Nothing said in the forum can be remotely called anti-Islamic. In fact, half the participants were Muslim. What Dr Mehrun Siraj said will attest to this and shows you there was nothing un-Islamic about that forum. People like her will definitely not sit in a forum like that if it’s going to be anti-Islam. The forum was essentially to discuss the jurisdictional conflict between the syariah court and the civil court. The other thing to note is that it has been reported that Pas wants to dialogue with us and we are ready to do that.”
Datuk Kuthubul Zaman Bukhari, the former president of the council voiced a similar sentiment saying that “The Bar Council has never been anti-Islam. I was president of the Bar Council for two years, I’ve been a member of the Bar Council for the last 14 years and I am still a council member now, and for sure, being a Muslim, I can consider myself a staunch Muslim as well. The Bar Council has never taken any stand that is anti-Islam. The Bar Council has never taken any position against any racial, religious, ideology and so on. The Bar Council is free from all this. I take issue with the fact that he says the Bar Council did not seek representatives from Islam, I think he’s wrong and the facts speak for themselves. There should be an ex-syariah judge there, someone from Ikim as well, or at least, they wanted to come but subsequently pulled out. I totally disagree with the stand taken by Zulkifli. Everybody knows what the Bar Council is about.”
-Zen, Malaysia Today
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. Isn't he one of PKR leader? Isn't he one the person that you have chosen as your leader? Now you are disputing the one that you have chosen? 
