It’s A Wonderful World

It really infuriates me when politicains say things like “Hak keistimewaan melayu, sistem raja-raja dan perkara-perkara yang berkaitan dengan agama Islam adalah isu sensitif dan tidak sepatutnya dibincangkan secara umum”. As a malay, I honestly feel insulted by this. Not “protected”, insulted.

How stupid do they think we are? Do they think that lack such intelligence so as not to be able to stand up for ourselves? Do they think we are that narrow-minded? That immature??

C’mon laarr…we are living in the 21st century for God’s sake. Most of us are now well-educated, able to distinguish between what’s right and what’s wrong. Most of us are able to think for ourselves. We are not children who needs to be “protected” all the time. What’s the harm in arguing? In discussing what we are “fighting” for? If we believe that what we “stand” for and believe in is right, then shouldn’t we be able to defend it? When we keep saying that it’s a sensitive issue and should not talk about it openly, we are indirectly proving that our stand doesn’t have a strong basis. Embarassing don’t you think? I personally feel embarassed when our so called Malay fighter leaders say these kind of things. It just shows how unintellectually stimulated they are. We chose our leaders not just to fight for our “rights”, but to also represent us. To be a representative of our race to other people. That means they should be able to explain why certain thins are the way they are. By sweeping things under the carpet, you won’t make it go away. All it does is make it more and more dirty as time passes by.

This issue about malay rights is one thing. I personally do not agree with some of it. To me, by saying that we need these special treatments, we are incapable of fighting for ourselves. I agree there was a time when probably the malays needed a litle bit of a push to help us going. But that was 50 years ago. I dare say right now that we are, if not at par with the other races, just a little bit left behind. And from what I can see, all this special treatments that we are getting are not helping us, it’s just making us more complacent (stressing that I’m only talking about a minority here). It’s sad that some of us actually think that we are not good enough to compete with the other races and come up tops in the end.

Futhermore, I absolutely do not agree that Islam should be considered as a sensitive issue. We as muslims know and believe that Islam is perfect. Then what is there to be afraid of talking about it? Allah Himself says that agama Islam is for those who think. We can see the how magnificent Allah is through His creations, thru thinking. So, if we do not discuss Islam with our friends of different religions, how are we to fulfill our duties as caliphs in this world? Think about it. If during the time of Rasulullah (pbuh), he said, “owh, religion is a sensitive issue. don’t talk about it” what would happen to Islam? it would never spread as wide as it has today. By arguing (in a good and mannarable way of course), we stimulate our minds into thinking. When we think, then only are we able to distinguish between what is wrong and what is right.

I really do hope in my heart that a time will come when we can talk about things openly – without fights breaking out or people hurting each other. A time when we really, truly are a civilised nation. An intelectually stimulated nation.

P/s: The words that I chose to put under inverted comas are arbituary in meaning of it’s uusage in this particular context.