The Christian community has waited with anticipation for the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, to come out with a statement that will help resolve the inter-religious crisis sparked off by the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department's (Jais) raid on the Damansara Utama Methodist Church (DUMC) on Aug 3, 2011.

We welcome the sultan’s wish that religious harmony should continue in the state and his decree that there be no prosecution against any of the parties involved.

However, the sultan’s statement does raise a few issues of serious concern for the non-Muslim community as there are views expressed therein that suggest that the sultan may not have been properly informed by his advisers.