KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — Any merchandising and sale of non-alcoholic liquor or non-alcoholic beer must be discontinued for fear that it will have a bad impact, especially on younger people. Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement (Abim) president Mohamad Raimi Ab Rahim said the sale of such beverages became unsuitable for public consumption to benefit the entire network. He stated alcohol manufacturers have to not forget religious sensitivity in selling their merchandise despite Malaysia being a multi-racial US.
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Proper groups like Heineken want to be extra sensitive when selling their products. However, it has stated that the goal is non-Muslim young adults; it’s miles still deceptive,” he told Bernama while commenting on the issue of the sale of Heineken’s new non-alcoholic malt beverage, which has caused protests from Muslim quarters within the United states of America, who talked about that such drinks could confuse young Muslims. Mohamad Raimi supported the statement via the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Dr. Mujahid Yusof Rawa nowadays, who pressured that such products could now not simplest mislead Muslims. Still, it became also not a smart circulate.
Mohamad Raimi stated that Muslims inside the United States had been suggested to avoid such merchandise, particularly non-halal beverages. In addition, he hoped that the government could empower efforts to prohibit the sale of non-halal products in regions in which the general public of the populace had been Muslims. In a more and more difficult community scenario with the diffusion of food and beverage merchandise and attractive promotional methods, Muslims must be careful no longer to be easily deceived.
If we recognize that a beverage manufacturer also manufactures alcoholic liquids, then it’s far-quality to avoid the product. Products which include a non-alcoholic drink (using beer producers) could be very deceptive,” said he, hoping that the merchandising of such drinks could be stopped without delay. Heineken Malaysia Berhad, in a declaration, said the previous day that the sale of its new non-alcoholic malt.
Beverage, Heineken 0.0, is aimed closer to non-Muslims handiest, adding that the product becomes no longer halal. Meanwhile, the Malaysian Youth Council (MBM) president, Jufitri Joha, also hoped that extra people would be sensitive to the sale of Heineken 0. Zero carries the tagline ‘Now You Can’ because it could be confusing. (This) specifically for the more youthful era because the tagline ‘Now You Can’ indicates that it was not possible before, but it’s miles now because there’s no alcohol.
He stated. MBM additionally advised reasonably-priced alcohol now not to be sold at convenience stores such as 7-Eleven because it would be easy to buy and be fed on by using all of us. We no longer want negative elements to steer the more youthful era, and we no longer need it to be a lifestyle and a dependency on the more youthful era, Muslims and non-Muslims.
