Interesting isn't it that:
If a person is not a Malay and not a Muslim, that person is deemed as having no right to comment on things affecting Muslims. Nevermind that it is often on things that could be solved or discussed using plain common sense.
If a person is not a Malay and a Muslim, we then say that we do things differently here in Malaysia and our way of practicing Islam is different compared to those in Indonesia, China, the US etc. Somehow our brand of Islam is much better than everybody elses and our solutions work.
If a person is a Malay and a Muslim, this person is deemed to not know enough about Islam to qualify to make a comment or be a critic on things such as fatwas. Nevermind that God gave everyone a brain, blessed us with thinking intelligently and rather than straight jacketed us to be automatons, gifted us with a consciousness and conscience.
If a person is a Malay, a Muslim and qualified, we just brand the poor sod as a traitor to race, religion and has abused his or her knowledge of Islam.
The loudest voices (and those who often get their way) are those of the ones who are less tolerant of others, less forgiving, more judgemental and claim to be fighting to uphold Islam.
Is it not possible for us Muslims to recognise that there is so much for us to learn from non-Muslims? Why is there so much emphasise on punitive action, punishment, banning this and that, etc.
I believe that there is a crisis of faith amongst Malaysian Muslims today. Choosing to ostrasize or to pulaukan your brothers and sisters who you deem to be unfit, to be sinners, and confused, is unworthy of a Muslim.
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The problem also stems from the fact that Muslims refuse to learn from other Muslims, much less the kaffirs. Oh no, sirree Bob.
Me, I borrow the fatwas as I please. I want to paint my toes and pray, and I do so. After all, Dr Yusuf Qardhawi says it's ok, even if Datuk Harussani Zakaria says otherwise. Who is to say one is correct and the other is wrong? Only Allah SWT can determine. Heaven and Hell is His province; how dare we condemn people to the latter?
People keep forgetting the first exhortation made on the Prophet Muhammad PBUH was to read (i.e. learn). You can't take things at face value, much less religious matters. You gotta learn, read, and make your own conclusion. That's why there are no churches in Islam.
But people forget that. And assume that ulamas are infallible and beyond criticism.
Bollocks, I say.
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