Swear on this, Najib

Malaysia Today (25/9/08): Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak still insists that Anwar Ibrahim swear on the Quran that he DID NOT sodomise Saiful Bukhari Azlan. He can’t seem to understand that there is no such ritual in Islam in spite of Malaysia Today constantly reminding him so. No religious scholar can relate any incidence when Prophet Muhammad instructed Muslims to perform that ritual. Not even the Prophet’s wife, Aisha, was asked to do so to dispel rumours that she had illicit sex with a young Arab man whom she spent the night alone with in the desert.

Since Najib appears to have this hang-up on swearing on the Quran, and since he was the mastermind behind the idea to get Saiful to do the same, why not he now swear on the Quran that he DID NOT sign this letter below? We shall not go into details of what this letter is all about because it is already self-explanatory. And Najib knows what letter we are talking about because it is his handwriting and signature on that letter.

Swear away, my dear Najib, and may Allah have mercy on you in the event you bear false witness.