Jati's logo inspired by the 'devil'?

Feb 21: Barely hours after the new group formed by former Selangor exco Dr Hasan Ali was launched, it has already landed on a debate surrounding its red-coloured logo.

Jati, the acronym for Jalur Tiga (three stripes), representing the three elements that Hasan lumped together as his struggle - Islam, Malays and Rulers - was launched today in an elaborate ceremony (right) at the Shah Alam Convention Centre.

However, Harakahdaily has been alerted by several netizens who pointed out striking similarities between Jati's logo and another logo, titled "Satan's logo" as posted on a blog by a US-based art activist (Click here).

The "Satan's logo" is based on the biblical narration of the 'number of the beast', or '666', a reference to the 'devil' as mentioned in one of the chapters in the Bible: "If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666" (Revelation 13:18).

While Hasan has riled up a section of Christians in the country over his allegation that churches had been actively converting Muslims in the thousands, it is not clear whether his use of "Satan's logo" is deliberate or just a case of artistic coincidence.

Whatever the case, critics now have more reason now to call Hasan's Jati and its three-pronged struggle a 'triumvirate of evil'.