Pahang PAS Youth chairman Shahril Azman Abdul Halim said today that the singing icon’s same-sex marriage would be a negative influence on the younger generation.
“The authorities are aware that hedonism or excessive entertainment akin to poison, is spreading fast among Muslim youths,” he was quoted as saying today by Harakah Daily.
“It is this culture that brings the downfall of morality in a society and encourage activities such as promiscuity, drinking, fornication, and also cause them to neglect their religious duties,” he added.
Shahril said religious authorities should band together against the concert to stem moral decay in society.
“Organisers should not be proud of activities which are profitable now, but ruin institutions in the long run,” he said.
John, who is famous for songs like “Candle in the Wind” and “Rocket Man”, married his partner David Furnish in 2005 when same-sex marriage was legalised in Britain.
Their son, Zachary Jackson Levon John, was born December 2010 in California through a surrogate mother.
John’s concert, set for November 22 at the Genting Arena of Stars, would be his maiden concert in Malaysia.