The fed up liberal Malay-Muslim

Updated 6 years ago · Published on 3 Jul 2019 6:13PM · 5 Comments

NOW that Syawal and Ramadhan are over, and all open houses are finally done, I wonder where is the next avenue for political talk to flourish? Surely all of us were involved in a conversation, intentionally or not, where every Ali, Muthu and Ah Hock at the table seemed to be expressing their discontentment with the Pakatan Harapan government, chuckling at the 4-series video show and wondering when on earth will Dr Mahathir Mohamad pass the baton and to whom? Just give us a date, will you?

And so, that’s the main preoccupation of every Malaysian mind. The headlines are repeated ad nauseam, while we, the average voter, chew on the endless spread of high calorie food that busts our intake for at least two days. 

Like a doctor whose job is to prescribe medication to the patient, I listened hard to all the voluntary commentaries, mea culpa style. Some were directly implicated in the 1MDB drama and witnessed the flow of the money trail, but had a gag order! Some took risks in rejecting the “helicoptered-in high-risk loans”, while others lamented about the high cost of living and the bleak future of this beautiful country called Malaysia.

Nevertheless, the common point was rather glaring: too manyrq communication faux pas by the newly appointed, the phenomenon of overpromising and underdelivering and the rise of divisive Islam between the Malays.

But a more pressing question beckons – what has Malaysia morphed into? 

A Muslim country divided between liberals and non-liberals, and goaded on by the opposition through their cybertroopers?

The first Muslim country that has videos uploaded on Pornhub.com. but cannot be viewed in Malaysia? 

A Muslim country where the views of religious scholars often go in conflicting directions, swaying according to the political party they belong to.

PAS and Umno are getting married and I wish them well. With this impending solemnisation, they hope to bring Malay-Muslims together under the banner of Islam to “defend” the religion that is currently under threat. (what a joke). If you are not with them, you get tagged as a liberal Muslim.

Whether the PASUMNO members understand the Quran and use it as their way of life, is a completely different story. It looks like they skipped a lot of chapters, like bribery, corruption, kickbacks, interests, justice, famine, poverty, slander etc and chose to focus on just the ones they prefer most, like pork, alcohol and polygamy. Whatever suits them, I guess.

Most educated Muslim Malays today are fed up of seeing Islam being used as a tool. Fed up of being fooled around with slander each time we read the news. Not one day has passed without negative news hitting the headlines. We are also fed up of being labelled according to our democratic principles, ethics and moral values.

As much as I would like to believe that the raison d’etre of PASUMNO is all about uniting Malays and protecting Islam and not about winning more parliamentary seats, I am also reminded that not all Malays are dense and thick.

“A tiger doesn’t change its stripes.  A leopard cannot change its spots”. Let me then place this question to you PASUMNO people, if your hands are full of filth, and your character diverts from Quranic teachings, what kind of Islam can you promote? 

And how can I, a Malay-Muslim, put a dollop of trust in you again, when you and your UMNO friends had the guts to use and abuse the country’s holiest fund, Tabung Haji, belonging to Malay-Muslims?

Did you not think of Islam then?  – July 3, 2019.

* Sairana Mohd Saad reads The Malaysian Insight.




 

* This is the opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the views of The Malaysian Insight. Article may be edited for brevity and clarity.

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Comments

  • At first read, I thought this article was authored by a non-Malay or non-Muslim for that matter. Haha..when I read until the end...I waa surprisingly wrong.

    Posted 6 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • very refreshing....made a lot of sense...wish the THIEF's cronies read this with the followers of the LIAR.

    Posted 6 years ago by Lipdah Lia · Reply

  • Don't you worry, sir. PAS and UMNO are going to be more liberal. They are going to embrace a bi/gay.

    Now that Haziq was sacked by PKR (a wrong move?), he is NOT bound by any gag order by PH and is therefore free to express himself.

    Mark my words, he is going to be the star attraction in any PAS/UMNO ceramahs.

    How is PH going to convince us he is a liar (and sue him for slander) when even the police cannot discredit the videos?

    Posted 6 years ago by Malaysian First · Reply

  • Well said Sairana. I agree that Islam is indeed used as a tool. I do not see the so called THREAT to Islam by anyone other than the Muslims themselves. Every Muslim festival there are two lines of beggars outside every mosque. One is the visible poor and handicapped, the other is the so called invisible 'rich giver', who grabs all the privileges meant for the truly poor. Do they need the 7% discount for the house given to poor Bumiputras?

    Posted 6 years ago by Citizen Pencen · Reply

  • Nice to read the view point of someone who is disappointed and almost disgusted with his race and the politics in his religion. Sad that it is only sometimes we see one or two such bravado coming up but not enough to make a significant impact. Most of the Malay friends that I know who are also equally educated and matured in thoughts just simply put "Let It Be -The few of us can't really change the mass ." Well it is always the fear and and the "few of us" beliefs in the many of Malay race , to become docile and indifferent to what is going on affecting their thoughts, life style and the lack of convictions knowing that even they are right but preference to hold back and remain silent rather than being vocal . All are easily downtrodden by either Bangsa dan Agama or the screw up Education system which ever catergory that fits them best. Sad isn't it !!!

    Posted 6 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply