Ambiga more dangerous than me, says Tee

The preacher dares the lawyer to a debate on extremism.

PETALING JAYA: Preacher Ridhuan Tee has challenged activist lawyer Ambiga Sreenevasan to a debate to determine whether he is a racial extremist, as she has alleged.

Responding to Ambiga’s criticism of him, Tee described her as “more of a danger to the nation” than he with her championing of human rights.

Yesterday, at a forum on the theme of fighting racism, Ambiga called Tee a “racial extremist” and urged the press not to give him space to air his views.

Tee was quoted by Ismaweb as saying that Ambiga posed a danger to national security because the human rights she was fighting for was “at odds with the Federal Constitution and Islam as the religion of the Federation”. He did not specify which human rights he was referring to.

He said it would be unfair if the media were to black him out while giving space to “champions of human rights” like Ambiga.

He said his writings were aimed at defending the rights of Muslims against those who try to deny them those rights.

“Why are they free to speak? And why am I not allowed to rebut them? If Ambiga thinks what I have been saying is wrong, she must prove it. Let’s debate,” he said.